Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

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

Clapping in church

An interesting piece from Catholic Exchange. My emphases and comments. Hold the Applause: Confessions of a Conflicted Clapper July 22nd, 2008 by Mary Anne Moresco Whenever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a … Read More →

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SSPX & Womenpriests: similar? dissimilar?

Under another entry, someone suggested that the SSPX and the Womenpriest thingy were similar in some respects.   HOW would they be similar? HOW would they be dissimilar? Discuss, and remain civil.

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ANGELUS: Interviews with SSPX excomm’d bishops (part I: Fellay)

I received this via e-mail. FYI…. got this from a friend today…. It is an interview with three of the four SSPX Bishops….. Bishop Bernard Fellay Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais Bishop Richard Williamson Angelus Press sent the bishops of … Read More →

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Let’s all pitch in and buy the Pope more ermine

Oh brother. Let’s all pitch in and buy the Pope more ermine.   Animal rights group protests over Pope’s fur ROME (AFP) — One of Italy’s leading animal rights groups said Monday it was launching an Internet petition to demand … Read More →

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Liverpool: bad TLM news

Bad news from Damian Thompson: Archbishop scraps plans for Latin Mass parish Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 06:18 PM GMT [General] Miserable news. Last month, it emerged that the Archbishop of Liverpool, Patrick Kelly, was preparing to turn the ailing church … Read More →

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Under the Lambeth Big Top

Remember the imploding Anglicans? Here is an interesting piece from Ruth Gledhil of The Times: Lambeth Diary: Into the ‘Miry Pit’ of Chaos. It’s about a hundred degrees and getting hotter in the Big Top at Lambeth but the £1 … Read More →

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Ahhhh….!

I saw something tonight that was simply fabulous. A stark contrast to the disturbing movie I say today. An excerpt: NB: buckles.

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Iconic documents

When I was in England last February, a friend who sometimes posts here did me the great favor of taking me to see, inter alia, Salisbury Cathedral.  It was a wonderful experience.  The Cathedral is, after all, one of the … Read More →

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WYD Sydney: “deathly retail silence”

You might remember that I posted a video about the economic impact, or lack thereof, on Sydney during the World Youth Day events. Over at Faith and Theology there is an interesting piece: A miracle on World Youth Day When … Read More →

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QUAERITUR: small shoulder capes on altar boys

I had this question from e-mail: Thank you for all your hard work with WDTPRS. Your posts and podcasts have educated me. I have a question I’m sure you can answer. This past Wed. I was at St. John Cantius … Read More →

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