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Category Archives: Seminarians and Seminaries
ACTION ITEM REVIVED! The “Birettas for Seminarians Project”
“We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today, we celebrate our BIRETTA Day!” – (pace Pres. Pullman) On the same day I received … Read More
ACTION ITEM: An FSSP seminarian could use a hand
I usually like to see, feel products before I advance them, but this is a special occasion. And it is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. From a FSSP seminarian: Hi Father Z, Happy feast day of Our … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is the priesthood dominated by men who are varsity-level players or 3rd and 4th stringers?
From a reader (as Substack under my post about Thomas Reese’s latest stupid thing)… QUAERITUR: Is the priesthood dominated by men who would have been varsity-level players in almost any field? Or, because the varsity players left or never entered, … Read More
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“These, Reverend Father, are no mere words, nor lifeless thoughts, but they are arrows shot from the strong bow of God Himself…”.
From a letter of St. John of Avila to a priest about due preparation for saying Mass: For this purpose, I know of nothing better than to meditate on the fact that our Lord, with Whom we are to treat, … Read More
For the Bishop of Charlotte
Just a moment of your time, Your Excellency… 75% of Charlotte Seminarians Come from Parishes with Altar Rails This weekend the faithful of Charlotte have learned that as of the 1st Sunday of Advent November 30, 2025, Bishop Michael Martin … Read More
A review of the Sacrament of Penance in view of the Jubilee Year as well as your regular Sunday Mass
While in Rome during a Jubilee Year. Many people – Rome is jammed – are coming to Rome for the experience such as entering the Major Basilicas through the Holy Door. That’s a perk and a novelty that most may … Read More
Fr. McTeigue again… kaBLAM! Video offerings: Can Christ Heal Broken Men? & Want Priests? Stop Hating Men!
I must share these videos. First, among his defense of manhood, which is enough… his description of “Fr. Cheerful at St. Typical’s”… oh my. When he describes the banality of what many men find in parishes … oh my. Excerpt … Read More
Every BISHOP! Every VOCATION DIRECTOR!
GREAT CAESAR’S GHOST!!! This is GOLD. Let this be your examination of conscience, pals. Fr. McTeigue rips the mask off the vocations crisis. What (most of you) are doing… gotta change. I want lots of comments here. I want you … Read More
Deinde de chirurgo et plumbario. Chirurgus habet urgentem aquae rimam ad reparandam…
Then there’s the one about the surgeon and the plumber. A surgeon has a terrible leak to be fixed. It’s a weekend, so the plumber charges extra. He fixes it in 5 minutes. When the plumber gives the him the … Read More
A Fr. Z OLDIE rant! First Blessings by new priests. Indulgenced? NO! Latin texts for blessings.
This has been ordination season, for deacons and priests even in the Diocese of Libville. It is always a pleasure to read of ordinations. HOWEVER… there are issues concerning claims of indulgences and about the manner of newly ordained priests … Read More
OrdainedButStillbeingFormedDiakonos on ROME 26/10– Day 25: King things: “While I am from the home of the Tampa Bay Rays and indeed saw a game or two at the…”
