Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

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19 Nov 1863: The Gettysburg Address

Today is the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.   It wasn’t much attended at the moment, but over time it has been recognized one of the greatest public speeches ever delivered. Four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg, … Read More →

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Terminally ill priest meets with Pope, offers sufferings for the Church

From CNA: Terminally ill priest meets with Pope, offers sufferings for the Church Vatican City, Nov 19, 2009 / 02:02 pm (CNA).- Father Luigi Squarcia, a pastor in the Italian town of Acquapendente who has suffered from Lou Gehrig’s disease … Read More →

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A way to support a priest

This is nice. From the site Priests in Crisis. There is a "pray for a priest" package you can get… and then hopefully use! You can also come up with your own ways to support a priest.  

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some kudos for a friend

Kudos to Mulier Fortis!

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Card. Kaspar about the Anglican ordinariates

Card. Kaspar about the Anglican ordinariates. The gentlemanly Sandro Magister has this.

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In homage

From Vincenzo, the official WDTPRS photoshopper, comes this homage to guerrilla warfare at the meeting of the USCCB.

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An important issue of seminary formation

During the USCCB plenary meeting there was a riveting report from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice about sexual abuse of minors by priests. Armed with statistics, she hammered seminary formation in the 60’s and 70’s.  An increase in … Read More →

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WDTPRS POLL: Are you stooopid or something? Fr. Z rants.

I don’t know about you, but I am a little tired of the suggestion (from churchmen who shall remain nameless, out of respect for those who are offended by gender-exclusive language) that people are too stooopid to understand the new … Read More →

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Registration glitch resolved

I mentioned Zuhlsdorf’s Law in another post. Apparently, and for no reason I can discern, the self-registration function here switched itself off. I was wondering why I didn’t see new registrations coming in for my thumbs up (or down, as … Read More →

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Grrr!

Instead of posting or writing, I am in a cage match with technology. Zuhlsdorf’s Law* clicks in again! My printer died and no workaround will fix it.  I have tried it on three different computers.     *Zuhlsdorf’s Law: Whenever you … Read More →

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