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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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- Archlaic on Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston: “One swallow does not a summer make, but given one particular piece of the puzzle it is possible that something…”
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- on Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston: “The mere fact of appointing such “delegates” for different regions of the diocese is a hopeful sign: if the object…”
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Category Archives: The Campus Telephone Pole
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JANUARY 2012
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JANUARY 2012 VATICAN CITY, 30 DEC 2011 (VIS) – Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for January 2012 is: “That the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual and material comfort they need to rebuild … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, The Campus Telephone Pole
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“In the Light of the Law”
Dr. Ed Peters, the Canonical Defender, has migrated his excellency canon law blog from Blogger to WordPress. Go check his new place out and spike his stats! Click HERE.
NYC Manhattan: Midnight Extraordinary Form Mass at Holy Innocents
Are you anywhere within striking distance of Manhattan? There will be a Solemn Midnight Mass (Extraordinary Form) at the Church of the Holy Innocents on Christmas (Eve night) at 12:01 AM, – yes, midnight. The Church of the Holy Innocents … Read More
UK: CTS edition of the DAILY Missal with the new translation
I have seen the Catholic Truth Society’s edition for people in the pews of the SUNDAY Masses. You can pre-order the DAILY Mass edition at a reduced price. And for those of you in the UK who just want the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Catholic Truth Society, CTS
7 Comments
7 Comments
Wyoming Catholic College Video
From time to time I have mentioned Wyoming Catholic College, which trains students in a modified form of the Trivium and Quadrivium, and makes sure they know their Latin, have the TLM, and how to take care of a horse. … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged great books, Quadrivium, Trivium, Wyoming Catholic College
47 Comments
47 Comments
Thanks to all you “lockstep sheep and papist throwbacks”!
Thanks to the many “mind-numbed robots” out there, incapable of thinking for yourselves and merely longing for the past out of irrational nostalgia who have ordered “Lockstep Sheep and Papist Throwbacks” mugs, together with “Say The Black – Do The … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Christmas gifts, coffee, coffee mugs
5 Comments
5 Comments
NEW WDTPRS MUG!: “Lockstep sheep and papist throwbacks”
You may recall that a nitwit at HuffPo called those who support the new, corrected translation “lockstep sheep and papist throwbacks”. Some people clamored for a coffee mug with that phrase. I have obliged! I wanted to see one, … Read More
Posted in The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged coffee, coffee mug, Huffington Post, HuffPo, lockstep sheep, mosaic, mug, papist throwbacks, store, Sts. Cosmas and Damian
21 Comments
21 Comments
Brick by Brick in Trenton, NJ – EF joy!
For your “Brick by Brick” file, comes this from Trenton, NJ. Several people wrote to me about about this. There is a newly-established Latin Mass at St. Anthony’s in Trenton at 12:15 pm every Sunday. St. Anthony’s is located in … Read More
Whooping Cough and You
Do you recall that a while ago I posted about Whooping Cough? People cough so violently and so long from this, called “Pertussis”, that they break ribs. Children can die. Whooping cough is very infectious and it is coming back. … Read More
Anonymously help a university student receive the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church
I was contacted by the Catholic Truth Society in England with a request to let you my readers know about a special appeal/collection they are taking up to defray the cost of distributing a large quantity of the Youth Catechism … Read More
Archlaic on Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston: “One swallow does not a summer make, but given one particular piece of the puzzle it is possible that something…”
