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- Fr. Reader on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “More “generous” than I expected.”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “@Ceile De If the argument is that SSPX is just doing what the CCP is also doing, I don’t think…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “I don’t know if it would have made a difference but it’s tragic that Leo XIV refused to meet with…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Sadly, what this whole debacle is going to achieve in the long run is to make excommunication lose credibility in…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “This process is highly offensive. The pope needs prayers.”
- on The 6 SSPX Bishops excommunicated. Priests are in schism. Marriages invalid. Absolutions invalid. Lay faithful warned against schism and excommunication.: “@R2D – The context of consecrated religious life is actually a pretty big context. And for those who are NOT…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “How many others will need to jump through such hoops? Will anyone who has read (laughably in over his head)…”
- on SSPX Superior Fr. Pagliarani’s homily for the 1 July 2026 consecration of bishops: “Weather: Rain is typically understood as “divine blessing”, a lightning strike independent of rain, not so much. Doves getting nailed…”
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Tag Archives: deacons
ASK FATHER: If women can’t be priests, can they be deacons?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I know women can’t become priests, but…can they become deacons? The thought never entered my mind before, but upon gathering some resources for a friend who had asked why women cannot become priests, I found a video … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Deaconettes
Tagged deaconettes, deacons, diaconate, female deacons
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15 Comments
ASK FATHER: Can deacons use the Rituale Romanum to bless things?
From a deacon…. QUAERITUR: Is it your opinion that a deacon can use most of the blessings contained in the older form of the Ritual? I took this for granted during formation for diaconal ordination, and totally dismissed the Book … Read More
ASK FATHER: Deacons in the Novus Ordo
From a diaconal reader… QUAERITUR: I have begun serving Solemn High Masses, at local parishes near my assignment for a couple of years now. The experience of serving at the Latin Mass has enriched my diaconal ministry in ways that … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can a deacon serve as acolyte in the Extraordinary Form Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a deacon serve as acolyte in the Extraordinary Form Mass? Sure. If there are not enough servers for the sake of a Solemn Mass, and for some reason you have a plethora of deacons and … Read More
ASK FATHER: Deacons vesting in dalmatics for concelebrations
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, I know priests are allowed to vest for Mass (chasuble, stole, etc.) together and concelebrate. It’s not a good thing, but it makes theological sense because many priests can consecrate one host as St. Thomas … Read More
#OafForADay – Deacon in vestments and a dog mask
I’ve seen this from different sources, including lots of email. However Dcn. Greg Kandra has the most prominent post. An idiot deacon – listed among the Permanent Deacons of St. Rose of Lima Church in Eddystone in the Archdiocese of … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged culpability, deacons, Herodotus, Oaf For A Day!, permanent deacons, sacrilege, sports
37 Comments
37 Comments
ASK FATHER: Deacon told by priest to let a layman take his role
From a deacon Could you please address the all too common occurrence where Deacons are asked (or told by the priest) to relinquish their liturgical role to a lay person? Case in point: I was told to allow the music … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can priests serve as and vest as deacons in the Novus Ordo?
UPDATE: I’ve received quite a bit of mail about my response. The preponderance says that I was right in my argument, but also that the Caerimoniale‘s directions do NOT prohibit priests from vesting as deacons. Here is an example: When the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can the Novus Ordo be “ad orientem”, in Latin, with Deacons?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a Novus Ordo be ad orientem with Latin, chant, a subdeacon and deacon in traditional vestments? Not only can the Novus Ordo be celebrated ad orientem, it ought to be. The rubrics indicate that this is the standard, … Read More
Fr. Reader on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “More “generous” than I expected.”
