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- on Recent report of the “gift of tears” during Mass that was being live streamed: ““Statement from Father Brent Bowman Regarding Eucharistic Experience During Mass”: https://www.archspm.org/statement-from-father-brent-bowman-regarding-eucharistic-experience-during-mass/”
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Category Archives: Seminarians and Seminaries
VIDEO: FSSP – Requiem recording project
For your Just Too Cool file. And now … available for PRE-ORDER at a reduced price. Release date: 12 May 2017 US HERE – UK HERE
ASK FATHER: Vocation to priesthood, but I want only the Traditional Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have been reading it for 4 years and it has greatly helped me as a Catholic and in discerning my vocation. I am 18 and strongly feel called to the priesthood. My question is, are … Read More
Fr. Z’s prayers for before and after making confessions
A while back I posted prayers in Latin and English which a priest confessor might use before and after hearing sacramental confessions. These prayers are from an old prayerbook for priests which I’ve had since before my ordination. They are … Read More
ASK FATHER: Hosts brought to altar at Communion, not before consecration
From a reader… Today at mass, after the priest had completed the Eucharistic Prayer, and we had moved past the Agnus Dei, one of the EMHCs noticed that the Chalices and Ciboriums with unconsecrated hosts (those meant for distribution to … Read More
A Forty Hours Devotion and Prayers for Priests. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I am in Denver, preaching for a Forty Hours Devotion following, of course, the Clementine Instruction in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. On Thursday we had a Sung Mass, after which I exposed the Blessed Sacrament, we had … Read More
Posted in Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries
Tagged Forty Hours, priesthood, Priests, Seven Maccabees, St. Ambrose
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FEEDBACK and REQUEST from seminarian
From a seminarian: Thank you kindly for the biretta program you set up. Because of this program, another seminarian and I (both attending the same seminary) received our birettas. Please pass on my thanks to our beloved benefactors and our … Read More
ASK FATHER: Seminarian gives homily at Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: It has happened at least two times now where our pastor has preached 30 second homily and then says, ” and now our resident seminarian will offer some words on today’s gospel. ” The seminarian then … Read More
ACTION ITEM! NEW PROJECT – SATURNOS FOR CLERICS!
By now most of you know about the Biretta for Seminarians Project. You – seminarians and lay people – contact John Hastreiter in church goods at Leaflet Missal in St. Paul – 651-209-1951 Ext-331. Seminarians: give name, address, HAT SIZE and John will put you … Read More
Pope Francis pummels traditional priests, seminarians, laity … again. What can we learn from that?
UPDATE 14 Dec 2016: Jan Bentz of LifeSite has a follow up piece. ___ Originally Published on: Dec 12, 2016 ___ Over the last few years, Our Holy Father Pope Francis has said some pretty awful things about priests. He doesn’t … Read More
WVC on Daily Rome Shot 1073: “Can there be any doubt that the publishing of the “permission” list is a vile example of public gloating? Do…”
