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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
A good interview about the US seminary where I was for a while
I picked this up via Stella Borealis, a blog focused on my native place of Minnesota. It is an interview with the Rector of the St. Paul Seminary, where I did two years of the hardest time of my life … Read More
Archd. St. Paul/Minneapolis: Candlelight Family Rosary Procession
Better late than never to post this. Archdiocesan Candlelight Family Rosary Procession; Friday, October 3 WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMASAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS DIOCESAN DIVISION The annual ‘Candlelight Rosary Procession’ is fast approaching. Its purpose isto unite thousands of individuals and … Read More
A sad story from Leeds
Maybe its my low spirits today, but this strikes me as so very very sad… This is from Damian Thompson’s blog Holy Smoke. Defiant parishioners carry on mowing the lawns of their lost churches Heartbroken parishioners of the West Yorkshire … Read More
More defiance and invalid baptisms at St. Mary’s, Brisbane
An Australian blogger, Sentire cvm Ecclesia, alerted me to a distressing story. You will remember that in the Diocese of Brisbane, Australia, there was a terrible… and I mean terrible… problem of invalid baptisms being performed by priests who were … Read More
From a priest: “I guess I ought to really learn the EF”
From a priest via e-mail: Dear Fr. Z, Hope all is well. I am enjoying your foodie kick you’ve been on lately. I have 2 very short questions. 1. I remember reading somewhere (and it may have been something in … Read More
“Many now want to go back to pre-Vatican II but do we need to go back to pre-Counter Reformation?”
This came from a priestly reader: Fr. Z,I thought I’d pass along a piece of fan mail I received after instituting the Benedictine Altar arrangement in my parish. Never a dull moment!Fr _____ Here is the note he received complaining … Read More
D. of Charlotte, NC: TLM report
I received a nice note from Fr. Eric Kowalski, Pastor of Holy Angels in the Diocese of Charlotte, NC. I hope priests continue to write in. I would like their contributions to be a regular feature here. Let’s have a … Read More
It ain’t astrophysics
About things that are apparent sometimes I use the phrase "It ain’t astrophysics!"
What Benedict sowed in April, Bishops are reaping today.
I am watching a wonderful developing story. Bishops in the USA, one by one, are coming out with statements, those statements are getting better and better. It strikes me that the bishops are using each other’s statements, along with the … Read More
A Lion for Life in Scranton: Bp. Joseph Martino’s Letter for Respect Life Sunday
This just in from the Most Rev. Joseph Martino of Diocese of Scranton, PA treated with my emphases and comments as usual: At the direction of the Most Reverend Bishop, this letter is to be read by the celebrant … Read More
Elizium23 on Daily Rome Shot 1116: “The origin of difference and division, the pharmakos represents evil both introjected and projected. Beneficial insofar as he cures—and for…”
