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Category Archives: REVIEWS
“The book on Augustine which Pope Benedict would have wanted to write”… revisited.
I called it, “the book on Augustine which Pope Benedict would have wanted to write.” You may recall my review of the book by Miles Hollingworth, St Augustine of Hippo, An Intellectual Biography. As I said before, this is not … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, Patristiblogging, REVIEWS
Tagged Miles Hollingworth, St. Augustine
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REVIEW: FILM – The Lives of Others
Last night I watched a very disturbing, very well made film: Das Leben der Anderen…. The Lives of Others. US HERE UK HERE The film has a couple scenes that would make it unsuitable for children. It is rated R. Also, … Read More
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: David Kupelian’s The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised As Freedom.
How have we gotten to the point we are at with so many of our societal problems… so quickly? The changes seem coordinated, truly evil, and unstoppable. A while back I recommended a book by David Kupelian called The Marketing of … Read More
REVIEW: Folding altar cards for travel Mass set, including Requiem Mass cards
The nice people at SPORCH… yes, SPORCH, sent me – some time ago mind you – their newly revised Roman Rite folding, travel altar cards (for the Extraordinary Form). SPORCH is the Society for the Preservation of Roman Catholic Heritage. … Read More
REVIEW: St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal for the Traditional Latin Mass – 2nd EDITION
Some time ago I reviewed the St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal for the Traditional Latin Mass. HERE. It came out in 2012. It seems that there is a new edition for 2013. It is no longer from Corpus Christi Watershed. I … Read More
REVIEW: The book on Augustine which Pope Benedict would have wanted to write.
I am reading a new biography of Augustine published by a fresh, talented writer, Miles Hollingworth. Don’t let the title, St Augustine of Hippo, An Intellectual Biography, fool you. This is not a highbrow book intended for college professors, with … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Patristiblogging, REVIEWS
Tagged Miles Hollingworth, review, St. Augustine
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ACTION ITEM! Video about the revival of a inner city parish by using actual Catholicism.
I want about 15 minutes of your time. If you are a bishop or a priest or a seminarian, please give your special attention. Below is an excerpt from a documentary to be shown soon on EWTN (30 April 6:30 … Read More
REVIEW: St. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal for the Traditional Latin Mass – WOW!
One of the fruits of Benedict XVI’s pontificate has been the freeing of the older form of Holy Mass. His Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum was like an “emancipation proclamation”. Slowly but surely the use of the older Roman forms is … Read More
Laudamus Te Magazine. Fr. Z makes a proposal.
Sometime ago I wrote about the a fairly new publication called Laudamus Te, HERE. You can find readers’ comments about it under that entry. One year subscription is $32 per year. They have a volume rate, which will help parishes and … Read More
2013 Ordo from Canons of St John Cantius
I posting from my mobile phone in an airplane, so I must be brief. The canons at St John Cantius in Chicago sent me a spiffy new Ordo for the Usus Antiquior. Here are some photos to give you an … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, REVIEWS
Tagged Ordo
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