Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

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

More on garum

The Cranky Professor has a good post tying into our investigation of an ancient Roman recipe. He deals with the dating of the Vesuvius eruption and.. garum! mmmmm…. garummmmm Garum, made from fermenting fish in saltwater, was basically the ketchup … Read More →

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VIDEO: Lead in to Papacy of Reason DVD

Yesterday I posted that I was watching my DVD Papacy of Reason: Inside the Mind of Benedict XVI.  I posted a clip wherein liturgy is discussed.  Lot’s of you looked at that clip! Here is the intro section, just to … Read More →

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Benedict XVI’s popular new traditionalism

I tried to figure out how to make cuts in this, but it is all so good that I think you should read it in its entirety. This is long, but it is good and closely argued.  You have to … Read More →

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Vatican Gendarmerie joins Interpol – SCV a security hot spot

You heard, I am sure, about the Vatican Gendarmerie joining Interpol. There is a ZENIT story about this. There is more to this than meets the eye. For the last year or so the Secretariat of State has been preferring … Read More →

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Archbp. Betori and Msgr. Perl: very different interpretations

I have to put this up in Italian for now, because I am simply stunned. The intrepid Andrea Tornielli is all over this one. There are some serious problems in Italy concerning respect for and implementation of the provisions of … Read More →

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Guardini’s influence on Ratzinger

There are those who hesitate to praise the work of Romano Guardini, a titanic figure in the Liturgical Movement of last century.  He is sometimes looked at as being too close to the Beauduin camp. But his influence is indisputable … Read More →

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Archbp. Vlazny rebukes Catholic pro-abortion Gov. Kulongoski (D-OR)

Bishops far and wide are getting involved this year. My emphases and comments added to this article from the OregonLive.com. Archbishop takes Gov. Kulongoski to task over abortion-rights event by Dave Hogan, The Oregonian Tuesday September 30, 2008, 10:22 PM … Read More →

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4 Oct – Griswold, CT: TLM – Missa Cantata

A reader sent this: MISSA CANTATA(Usus Antiquior, 1962 Missal) Solemnity of Our Holy Father St. Francis(Seraphic Patriarch) Saturday, October 4, 2008 7:00 pm Marian Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe 199 Colonel Brown Rd.Griswold, CT  06351

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ITE GEMINI

And so it begins On TBS: MIN @ CWS

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VIDEO: A CEO whose income is ZERO: Lasermonks on MSNBC

I got this note: I’ve been a long-time reader and occasional commenter on your blog.  Keep up the good work! For the last six weeks, I’ve been trying my vocation at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank in … Read More →

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