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Category Archives: The Campus Telephone Pole
2 Nov ALL SOULS – NYC Manhattan – Holy Innocents – TLMs morning, evening
In Manhattan, at the famous Holy Innocents Church (37th St btwn Bdwy & 7th), there will be on 2 November, All Souls, an 8:30 AM Low Mass and 6:00 pm Solemn TLM (with deacon and subdeacon) in Gregorian chant. Friday, … Read More
openings
In the (digital) pages of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, I saw this in the classifieds. Maybe I should apply! Well…
5 Nov: Pontifical TLM in St. Peter’s Basilica
Our friends at Rorate have the news: For the second time this year, and for the third time since Summorum Pontificum came into effect, Pontifical Mass according to the 1962 Missal will be publicly offered in St. Peter’s Basilica. His … Read More
Posted in The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Card. Castrillon Hoyos, Messa Prelatizia, Una Voce
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England: 27-28 Oct meeting of Confraternity of Catholic Clergy
I have written before about the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy which has formed in England. Here is a note about their progress. I picked this up from His Hermeueticalness’s blog: The British Province of St Gregory the Great of the … Read More
Posted in Mail from priests, The Campus Telephone Pole
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New Kindles coming
I have been enjoying my Kindle enormously. I have the Kindle 3g which has a keyboard. I was sceptical at first but I have been won over. It is especially useful for books I don’t especially want to keep on … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged 3g, Kindle
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An NLM collaborator ordained priest today!
NLM reports that their collaborator Br. Lawrence Lew of Blackfriars, Oxford, was ordained priest today. WDTPRS kudos to Fr. Lew!
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Blackfriars, Fr. Lawrence Lew, NLM, Oxford
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FR. FINIGAN is up for a “new media” award.
My friend Fr. Tim Finigan’s blog, The Hermeneutic of Continuity, is up for an award. Will you show some appreciation for the work he does? He is in the Most Inspiring Leadership category. On the award site we read: The … Read More
Help a convent in trouble
As I understand things, this convent in England is in trouble and needs help. Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate in Cornwall. A reader writes: This convent once belonged to the Earl of Arundel. St. Cuthbert Mayne, one of the first … Read More
CNA: Catholic US Military Archdiocese sees rise in priestly vocations: SPECIAL APPEAL FROM FR. Z TO READERS
It is a regret of mine that I didn’t sign up for military chaplain service when I had the chance. I am more than likely too old now and hindsight is 20/20. In any event, at one point I did … Read More
1 Oct – Sioux Falls, SD: Marian Conference at the newly restored Cathedral
There is a Marian Conference planned for 1 October (8:30 am – 3:00 pm) in Sioux Falls, SD, at the newly and beautifully restored Cathedral. It is to be hosted by Bishop Paul J. Swain and the Office of the … 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…”
