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Tag Archives: ad orientem
D. Providence – Ash Wednesday “ad orientem” with the Bishop
My friend Fr. Jay Finelli (“iPadre“) informed me that His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas Tobin, Bishop of Providence, will celebrate Holy Mass at their Cathedral at 12:05… ad orientem. The bulletin for the Cathedral says: “The use of this approved [superior] … Read More →
Brick By Brick: Another parish goes ‘ad orientem’!
I had a note from a reader about excellent news from Star Of The Sea parish in San Francisco. Firstly, as always, thank you for your blog! You are my first bookmark under my Catholic folder, immediately followed by ChurchMilitant. … Read More →
Posted in Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Turn Towards The Lord
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Tagged ad orientem, Archd. San Francisco
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18 Comments
ASK FATHER: Why on earth did they start offering Mass “facing the people”?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When I first started attending the TLM, I really struggled with Mass celebrated ad Orientem. However, the more I attended the TLM and Mass according to the Missal of Divine Worship (aka, Anglican Use), which in … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, HONORED GUESTS, Turn Towards The Lord
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Tagged ad orientem
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Ad orientem in Cologne’s great Cathedral
One of our frequent and long-time commentators here, Henry Edwards, sent some screenshots of the Holy Mass celebrated by Rainer Card. Woelki at the spectacular Cathedral of Cologne’s high altar (i.e., the real altar, the grown-up altar, the main altar) for … Read More →
Brick By Brick – Altar By Altar: Turning again to the liturgical East again
In my email today I had more than one note about pastors shifting their sanctuaries to ad orientem worship. One note said: Starting this week, our Table altar is going into storage and all Masses at our parish will be ad orientem … Read More →
Ad Orientem News – A bishop opines
I had the pleasure of reading column by Bp. Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island. HERE Keeping our Eyes on the Prize: Jesus Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of our faith. (Heb 12:2) … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
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Tagged ad orientem, Bp. Thomas Tobin, D. Providence
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9 Comments
TRAD LIVES MATTER! US Bishop attacks “ad orientem” worship, overrides Summorum Pontificum
UPDATE: COMMENTS CLOSED. ___ Originally Published on: Jan 19, 2017 @ 14:25 ___ I received a copy of a letter sent by the Bishop of Rockford, Most Rev. David J. Malloy, to the priests of that diocese. In this letter, a follow … Read More →
Posted in Goat Rodeos, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Pò sì jiù, Si vis pacem para bellum!, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Olympian Middle, Turn Towards The Lord, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, You must be joking!
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Tagged ad orientem, Bp. David J. Malloy, D. Rockford, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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TURN TOWARDS THE LORD AGAIN! Shrine of O.L. of Guadalupe
I am delighted to post that henceforth all Masses celebrated at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe near La Crosse, WI will be celebrated ad orientem. HERE […] In his homilies for both the Third Sunday of Advent and the … Read More →
“People, Look East (except the priest)!”
Our Official Parodohymnodist, Fr. Tim Ferguson, has come through with a veritable scitament, a new version of an Advent hymn which most of you will recognize. To the hymn: People Look East 1. People, look east except the priest, The reform has … Read More →
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, HONORED GUESTS, Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Parody Songs
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Tagged ad orientem, Turn Towards The Lord
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14 Comments
Ad orientem: “his perspective on the priesthood and the Mass has changed”
From a priest… QUAERITUR: Fr Z, After my entry into the Catholic Church from Anglicanism and ordination as a Catholic priest, I approached the Archbishop about offering the Mass ad orientem. His guidance to me was to “catechize the people” … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Turn Towards The Lord
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Tagged ad orientem
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BRICK BY BRICK: more ‘ad orientem’ news
I am getting notes from people about changes at parishes to ad orientem worship. For example, from reader: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Big River, WI began ad orientem worship on Sunday. Our pastor, Fr. Kevin Louis, has been … Read More →
AD ORIENTEM WATCH! – ACTION ITEM!
I hope you readers out there will post about the changes effected in parishes concerning ad orientem worship for Holy Mass. Did you see priests “turning towards the Lord”? I’ve been hearing about some places in email. ¡Hagan lío! Report! For my … Read More →
BRICK BY BRICK! Parishes are “Turning Towards The Lord”, going “ad orientem”
During a conference in London last summer, Robert Card. Sarah famously made a prayerful and earnest personal suggestion that priests begin to say Holy Mass ad orientem beginning with Advent. Advent begins on Sunday. Of course the Cardinal was speaking as … Read More →
A parish TURNS TOWARD THE LORD for Advent
I had a note from a priest that St. Joseph the Worker in Berkeley, CA is going ad orientem as of Advent. What I found most interesting, is something that the pastor wrote to the people before he gets into explanations of the … Read More →
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Tagged ad orientem, ADVENT, D. Oakland
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A Bishop in Africa urges ‘ad orientem’ worship. A lib has a spittle-flecked nutty.
You might remember Robert Mickens. He used to be a correspondent for an ultra-liberal UK weekly The Pill (aka The Tablet). He lost his position when, channeling his inner Icarus, he engaged in seriously nasty comments about Pope Benedict in … Read More →
Pope Francis celebrating Holy Mass ‘ad orientem’
Three years ago today, I posted about Pope Francis celebrating Holy Mass ad orientem versus at a side altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, where John Paul II is. HERE I wrote then: His Holiness of our Lord, Pope Francis, recently celebrated … Read More →
Wherein Fr. Z rants: Our worship, therefore our identity, needs orthotics.
I receive this from a reader… I thought you might be interested in this; it at least is new to me. In Waterbury, Connecticut this morning, I came across this version of “Now Thank We All Our God” in WLP’s … Read More →
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Tagged ad orientem, Benedict XVI, Bp. Robert Morlino, Card. Sarah, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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23 Comments
Benedict XVI commented again on turning toward the ‘East’ for liturgical worship
In the recent number of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is a blurb which informs us that Benedict XVI contributed some text for a book on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the election of … Read More →
Bp. Morlino on marriage, sex craziness, the election, and “eschatological awareness”
His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison and Extraordinary Ordinary, has a column in the recent number of the diocesan newspaper which connect three topics that you might not be immediately inclined to connect. Eschatology (theology of … Read More →
Card. Sarah: Reform the liturgy! “The future of the Church is at stake”
At Sandro Magister’s place there are some English translations of selected paragraphs – fantastic paragraphs – from Robert Card. Sarah’s new book, with Nicholas Diat, out only in French for the moment, La force du silence. Contre la dictature du bruit (Fayard, Paris, … Read More →
Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
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