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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
The Holy Father’s Message for the 2008 World Communications Day
Here is the Holy Father’s Message for the 2008 World Day for Communications. My emphases: The Media: At the Crossroads between Self-Promotion and Service. Searching for the Truth in order to Share it with Others Dear Brothers and Sisters! 1. … Read More
Mass ad orientem on TV and the local norms of the D. of Birmingham, AL
I got this provocative little item via e-mail from a WDTPRSer. It is a copy of a note he sent to the Bishop of Birmingham, AL, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert Baker. My emphases: Most Reverend Robert J. Baker Bishop … Read More
The Holy See’s Social Communications to be overhauled… eventually.
This just in from Apcom in my translation: Città del Vaticano, 24 January (Apcom) – There will be a change to the communications structure of the Vatican, also if "the when and how is still a point of reflection, however … Read More
Need a 1962 Missale Romanum for the altar? Bring lots of money!
Preserving Christian Publications is reprinting the Benzinger edition of the 1962 Missale Romanum. Happily, they made sure that it really is a 1962 edition. You have the choice of it being bound in red or green, just like the old … Read More
Some TLM eye-candy
With a tip of the biretta to TNLM o{]:¬) I direct your gaze to a site called Christus Rex for some stunning photo of a Mass recently celebrated back on 14 September 2007: And another well-dressed bishop:
2 Feb NYC TLM
I received this notice via e-mail: New York City Traditional Candlemass On February 2, there will be a (traditional) Solemn Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel. The church is located at 230 East 90th Street, between 2nd & 3rd … Read More
ICEL Plenary Meeting in Mumbai
This just in from CNA: Liturgy Commission expects 2008 completion of Roman Missal draft Mumbai, Jan 24, 2008 / 07:15 am (CNA).- The International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) met in Mumbai last week, planning to complete the … Read More
TLM at Universities: the saga continues…. with Boston College
I got this note from a student at the Jesuit operated Boston College (me emphases): Fr. Z, I’m a sophomore at the Jesuit-run Boston College and a Catholic who longs for liturgy and worship that is spiritually fulfilling, having … Read More
Up to date in Kansas City: a WDTPRS blognic on Saturday 26 January?
WHAT: Some of you know I will be in Kansas City, MO, this weekend. A few of you from the area expressed interest in a blognic. My kind host for my time in KC told arranged a good meeting place … Read More
PRAYERCAzT 17: The Last Gospel – 1962 Missale Romanum
Welcome to another installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? In this project we will study the Last Gospel, the beginning of the Gospel of John, used at the end of Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum. With … Read More
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