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Category Archives: The Drill
Bp. Sample explains his vision for New Evangelization and Sacred Liturgy
My friend Fr John Boyle of the blog Caritas in veritate sums up a convocation of priests in the Diocese of Marquette. His notes about Bishop Alex Sample’s remarks are worth reading in full. Here is an excerpt of the … Read More
Communion under both kinds: Bp. Morlino explains the situation to his priests.
You have by now read that His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Morlino, intrepid Bishop of Madison, helped the priests of that diocese to understand that the indult distribution of Holy Communion under both kinds upon a wide variety of occasions … Read More
QUAERITUR: Guidelines for “environment” for the liturgy coordinator. Fr. Z rants.
From a priest: Read the black, and do the red seems to work well. [Do I hear an “Amen!”?] I am training a new liturgy coordinator. She will be in charge of the environment in the church. In the past that meant … Read More
The fruits of being inviting
For your Brick by Brick file. I have often suggested that you, dear readers, invite people to come to Mass with you. Be inviting. People like to be invited, even if they don’t accept. And you never know what will … Read More
Chilling: SCOTUS hears case touching on right of Churches to self-determination, “ministerial exception”, discrimination
From CWN: In argument before the Supreme Court on an anti-discrimination case, the solicitor general—representing the Obama administration—said that the government would uphold the right of the Catholic Church to preserve an all-male priesthood, [NB:] but only “because the balance … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can I have my pet blessed?
From a reader: Is having a pet blessed a odd ball thing? I would feel odd about bringing my dog into a church. She is a good dog but still. I have no problem at all with blessing pets or … Read More
QUAERITUR: How to get people to stop doing Novus Ordo things in a TLM?
From a reader: In my parish there is offered both the TLM or EF and the NO. Sometimes parishioners who almost exclusively attend the NO come to the TLM (which is a great thing, praise God and Vivat Papa!) . However, often these … Read More
Card. Piacenza to seminarians:”Your will probably be the first generation that will correctly interpret the Second Vatican Council”
On 4 October the Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, His Eminence Mauro Card. Piacenza (I have liked this guy for a long time) gave a talk to seminarians in Los Angeles. The whole text is on the site of … Read More
MN Catholic Conference: Catholic leaders will not be silenced (STrib editorial)
I was alerted to this on the site of the Minneapolis STrib. This is from the Minnesota Catholic Conference and it is worth your attention: Catholic leaders will not be silenced Article by: JASON ADKINS Updated: October 4, 2011 – … Read More
How long has your parish priest, the pastor, been there?
Over at the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, I saw a story about a priest who died. He had been parish priest, pastor as it is called in the USA, for 34 years. The pastor of what became … Read More
