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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
1st Thursday plenary indulgence wrap up
Lay people can gain a plenary indulgence on 1st Thursdays during this year for priests. Did you try to gain this indulgence? Did you even know about this indulgence?
Study of the ancient
From the always interesting Laudator: The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe, tr. Bailey Saunders (New York: Macmillan: 1906), p. 162: If we set our gaze on antiquity and earnestly study it, in the desire to form ourselves thereon, we … Read More
A priest reports: “The old Mass goes mainstream”
In the current number of the Catholic Herald (28 August) there is a piece by "Pastor Iuventus" entitled "The old Mass goes mainstream" He wrote: "I returned from Suffolk to attend the training conference [at London Colney] run by the … Read More
Sean Card. O’Malley responds to critics of his decisions about the Kennedy funeral
The Archbishop of Boston, Sean Card. O’Malley, has a blog. The Cardinal was recently a highly visible participant in the funeral Mass for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), a decades long promoter of abortion rights. The Cardinal, no surprise, … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Linking Back, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
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Buy some soap, help some Nuns
I picked up from The Anchoress that some Dominican sisters in New Jersey are trying to raise some money by selling… wait for it… …soap. Soap is a good thing. I am pretty sure this is girly soap, so I … Read More
Follow @fatherz on Twitter
Twitter is turning into a great tool. CNN is reporting that conservatives have the upper hand over liberals in the use of Twitter. On that note, if you use Twitter, please consider following me. @fatherz Let’s try to get my … Read More
A few amused comments on polls
We have turned the tide on the nugatory poll about women’s ordination on the website of the Cincinnati newspaper. GO HERE FOR MY POST. When I found the poll, 75% of respondents thought the Church should ordain women. "HA!" quoth … Read More
ALERT! ALERT! Poll on ordination of women needs attention
On the website of the Cincinnati Enquirer there was an article about the disciplining of a woman religious who works in for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. She is in favor or, working for, the ordination of women. Archbishop Pilarcyck is … Read More
A cut above
You know the old game, rock, paper scissors? You know it, right? Paper covers rock – Scissors cut paper – Rock breaks scissors? An updated version might be: Hedge trimmer slices phone cable. Sometimes when the internet seems realllllly slowwwww, … Read More
TIME Magazine’s liberal spin of the resignation of Bp. Martino (D. Scranton)
The resignation of Bp. Joseph Martino as Bishop of Scranton raised some eyebrows. The eyebrows probably arched with the simultaneous resignation of the Auxiliary of Scranton. Bishop Martino cited health problems. I think we need to take him at his … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged abortion, Bp. Martino, Scranton, TIME Magazine
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Emilio on Continue the Rome shot posts? I dunno.: “+Timothy Broglio has been seriously considered for Archbishop of Washington three times, and three times he has been passed over…”
