Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

Yes, folks, some things are more central to the Church’s life than others. For example, what the Vatican police wear. The gendarme of the Vatican have a new look. Here is the design.  Note that the shape of the hat … Read More →

I got a note by e-mail: Fr. Z:   Would you mind spreading the word that the TLM will be offered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at Most Blessed Sacrament Parish St. Mary’s site on August 24th. Rosary begins at 4:00 PM, … Read More →

The restoration of Old St. Patrick’s in Kansas City, MO, is going apace.

My friend John L. Allen, Jr., the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded former Rome correspondent for the ultra-lefty National Catholic Reporter had an op-ed in the New York Times (or Hell’s Bible as one bishop I know calls it). Let’s have a … Read More →

Here is some good news:   St. Rose in Quincy to be chapel for extraordinary form of Mass  Written by Kathie Sass, Catholic Times Editor    07/27/2008 Extraordinary form sometimes known as Traditional Latin Mass St. Rose of Lima Church … Read More →

I imagine His Excellency Most Reverend Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph (MO), has a very full schedule, and therefore doesn’t have time to read each issue of the ultra-leftist National Catholic Reporter (published nearly in His Excellency’s own … Read More →

I missed posting this yesterday. There was a very interesting entry in the Martyrologium Romanum for 27 July. 1.  Commemoratio sanctorum septem Dormientium Ephesi, qui, ut narratur, martyrio consummato, in pace quiescunt, diem resurrectionis expectantes.   I’ll let you dig … Read More →

There is a great post over at The Shrine. Here is a sample.   You watchers of Doctor Who will appreciate, along with the reference to Father Qui near the end. Your Daily Dose of HWTN Excerpted from transcript of Holy … Read More →

Despite my mood, I thought this was pretty good:

I got this by e-mail: Father, I need your help! I am a re-vert to the faith, and my catholic upbringing had little structure as far as family prayer or teaching. Sunday mass and meal prayers and bed time prayers … Read More →