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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
ASK FATHER: Prayer services and lay people extending hands to “bless” an Advent wreath
From a reader… I have recently noticed something strange at my school. We had an Advent Prayer service in which the students were told to extend their hands to bless the Advent wreath. Is this alright? I heard that lay … Read More
VIDEO: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) talks frankly about belief in Christ and his Catholic Faith
Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) talks frankly about his Catholic Faith and his relationship to other Christians. Moderation queue is ON. I don’t want this to turn into a merely political debate about various candidates, as in, “I don’t … Read More
Giving thanks, with Mass, for benefactors and donors
This morning we had a Norman Rockwell like Mass at St. Mary’s. It would have been nice to have a couple photos. We used the texts for the day, of course. On civil holidays I also like to add Archbishop … Read More
ASK FATHER: No Catholic Mass on Sunday. Are we obliged to attend Orthodox Divine Liturgy?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My question comes from what my professor said in class and it doesn’t seem correct. In class, we were told that if a Catholic was in Russia [and there being no Catholic Church; either Latin or … Read More
High praise for Card. Sarah from Archbp. Gänswein
Ed Pentin has a good note at the National Catholic Register: Archbishop Gänswein Praises Cardinal Sarah for His Prophetic Witness Cardinal Robert Sarah’s boldness in proclaiming the Gospel and resisting the Zeitgeist is a prophetic witness reminiscent of a 5th … Read More
Sam Gregg on the rise of young, fearless, dynamically orthodox Catholicism… in FRANCE!
Here is another – stop what you are doing and read this – article. At Catholic World Report there is a piece by Sam Gregg about what’s going with a rise in France of … Catholicism. It is packed with interesting … Read More
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged field hospital, France, Sam Gregg
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More weird sex stuff at Jesuit-run Fordham University
Why is it that when really weird things occur or bad ideas surface you can almost always find a Jesuit involved? I received this note from the Cardinal Newman Society this morning. So Fordham has approved the creation of “gender … Read More
Lutheran Satire
Ever since Pope Francis met with some Lutherans and said pretty confusion things about reception of Holy Communion [HERE], I’ve been keeping half an eye out for a video from Lutheran Satire. They have a couple already about Pope Francis. They … Read More
Posted in Francis, Lighter fare, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged ecumenical dialogue, Lutheran Satire
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11 Comments
When Jesuits quote Jesus… and when they don’t
How the mighty have fallen. La Civiltà Cattolica is a periodical edited by Jesuits which receives some vetting from the Secretariat of State and, thus, is considered by some to have a measure of “authority”. However, true authority is based … Read More
Gregg the Obscure on “Oaf For A Day!”: “lay preaching would never happen in my parish, but if somehow it did i’d start chanting all the propers very…”
