About this blog…
“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
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Recent Comments
- Venerator Sti Lot on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “With respect to marriage, is Dr. Edward Peters’ very interesting 18 March 2021 post, “It’s hard to think clearly about…”
- on The Bishop of Salt Lake City reduces priests celebrating the TLM, despite conversions of Mormons: “@mickeyfitz This probably sounds like a conspiracy theory, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that is exactly why they let…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1654: facade: “Well, it’s no surprise that the effectiveness of the excommunications is in doubt. It would simply be too much to…”
- on My View For Awhile: Philly on the 4th: “@nancyWmichael Safety Statistics: Statistically, flying is safer than driving, with only 1.1 fatalities per 100 million miles compared to 7.3…”
- on My View For Awhile: Philly on the 4th: “Happy July 4 celebration and a good meeting. New reflection amid this heat wave and the Wedding Feast of Cana.…”
- on My View For Awhile: Philly on the 4th: “Dear Fr. , May i ask do you ever have a fear of flying? I flew a lot as a…”
- on The Bishop of Salt Lake City reduces priests celebrating the TLM, despite conversions of Mormons: “@bigtex We are all ignorants of some things, nobody, including you or me, has the whole picture, on the entire…”
- on My View For Awhile: Philly on the 4th: “Safe travels, Father. You will be in my neck of the woods when you arrive in Philly. It is blazing…”
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT com
Category Archives: The future and our choices
New NYC Mayor pledges to expand abortion, wipe out crisis pregnancy centers
From Breitbart: NYC MAYOR-ELECT DE BLASIO PROMISES TO WIPE OUT CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS The city in which 41 percent of pregnancies end in abortion has elected a new mayor who is pledging to partner with Planned Parenthood and other abortion … Read More
NCEA took money from Gates Foundation to promote “Common Core” in Catholic schools
There has been a lot of talk about Common Core. The Cardinal Newman Society has an interesting piece about this. EXCLUSIVE: National Catholic Education Association Gets Gates Foundation Grant to Promote ‘Common Core’ in Catholic Schools The Bill and Melinda … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Catholic education, Common Core, NCEA
15 Comments
15 Comments
Fishwrap attacks Military Chaplains. ACTION ITEM!
At the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) there is a mean-spirited and wrong-headed opinion piece by someone who is described as “an arborist and a member of the Ithaca, N.Y., Catholic Worker community”. In this piece he says that the … Read More
Some thoughts on Holy Innocents, Manhattan
Let me tell you a little about Holy Innocents Church in Manhattan. I have written about the place many times but usually from the point of view of their upcoming Masses and events. It has also been my honor to … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Hard-Identity Catholicism, I'm just askin'..., Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Archd. New York, Extraordinary Form, Fr. Rutler, Holy Innocents, Manhattan, TLM
26 Comments
26 Comments
A worthy cause to support: Our Lady of Hope Clinic
If you are looking for a good Catholic cause to donate money to (for your end of the year giving, etc.), please consider Our Lady of Hope Clinic, in Madison. And they have a DONATE page. I wrote last year about … Read More
KENYA: Pastors want AK-47s to protect their flocks against The Religion of Peace
From Jihad Watch by Robert Spencer: Kenyan pastors ask for AK-47s to counter Islamic jihad attacks Christianity has never opposed self-defense. “Kenyan Pastors Ask for AK-47s Amid Radical Muslim Persecution,” by Fredrick Nzwili for RNS, November 1 (thanks to The Religion of … Read More
IRELAND: birthrate below replacement
Does this surprise anyone? From the Iona Institute: Irish birthrate slips below replacement level Ireland’s birthrate has dropped below replacement level, new figures have revealed. The figures, published yesterday in the Central Statistics Office Statistical Yearbook, show that overall, the … Read More
REVIEW: FILM – The Lives of Others
Last night I watched a very disturbing, very well made film: Das Leben der Anderen…. The Lives of Others. US HERE UK HERE The film has a couple scenes that would make it unsuitable for children. It is rated R. Also, … Read More
3000 religious leave religious life each year. Why? Some reasons.
I saw this at CWN: Curial official: over 3,000 religious leave consecrated life each year [Makes you wonder how many enter religious life. I’ll bet not 3k!] The secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of … Read More
The tactics of the ‘c’atholic Left
I am sure that readers of the Fishwrap will leap to denounce the tactics employed by protesters such as those in Wisconsin (HERE) and also, once again, in Brussels. They should denounce their tactics, but I doubt they will. Once again, in … Read More
Venerator Sti Lot on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “With respect to marriage, is Dr. Edward Peters’ very interesting 18 March 2021 post, “It’s hard to think clearly about…”
