Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

Latin for: “a little group, meeting, company, assembled for amusement”

True confession

Yes, I have his RSS in my feed reader…. I can’t help it… I do…

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Interesting Firefox add on for Twitter

I just found an interesting Firefox addon.  Twitter Bar. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4664  

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Rorate Masses at Assumption Grotto, Detroit

From a reader: Perhaps you could pass along the news that Rorate Masses are being celebrated at Assumption Grotto each Tuesday evening, in the ordinary form, throughout Advent.  They will try to provide candles for a stipend, but it would … Read More →

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A plug for Fr. Finelli

From the GMTA Department, I had a note from the great Fr. Jay Finelli last night just as I was working on my PODCAzT about the Advent hymn Conditor alme siderum.  Get a load of this! Dear Fr. John, I … Read More →

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American papal Nuncio score a goal on Summorum Pontificum, reform, ad orientem

I was alerted to a piece on a blog called Island Envoy, the blog of the papal nuncio to a whole bunch of places in the Carribean, the Antilles.  He is Most Reverend Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, originally a priest of … Read More →

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Question to readers: problems with comments?

I had a note from someone suggesting that there might be a problem on the blog with reading comments. Anyone having problems? I can’t see anything wrong.

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The word of the day is… well… I just can say it.

An alert reader sent me a notice that the Merriam-Webster word of the day is… well… Merriam-Webster’sWord of the Day December 4   ineffable   \in-EFF-uh-bul\   adjective   Meaning      1 *a : incapable of being expressed in words … Read More →

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San Diego: Chant worshop 5-9 January

Nota bene: There are 15 spots remaining for the Winter Chant Intensive, January 5-9, 2009, to be held on the gorgeous (and warm) campus of the University of San Diego. This is not a demonstration program or a seminar of … Read More →

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The sacred music scene in Rome: mediocrity and paralysis

The gentlemanly Sandro Magister has hit a grand slam with his recent piece on Chiesa. Let’s have a look with my emphases and comments. Great Music in the Churches of Rome. But in the Vatican, They’re Deaf The Wiener Philarmoniker … Read More →

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Climbing St. Peter’s dome

Meanwhile, back in Rome, my friend Greg Burke of Fox News is making some little videos and writing about interesting elements of Roman life. Here is a short piece on climbing to the top of the dome or cupola of … Read More →

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