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ASK FATHER: Why didn’t the Assistant Deacons wear surplices during the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine? #MassoftheAmericas Wherein Fr. Z analyzes and then rants.

The other day, His Excellency Most Rev. Salvatore Cordilone of San Francisco celebrated a Pontifical Mass at the Throne at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.  It was televised.  A new musical Mass setting was used and new vestments … Read More

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VIDEO – Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Here is the video of the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception which I attended last Saturday. There was a new composition for the Mass. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco was the celebrant.  Check out in … Read More

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Happy Birthday to Bishop….

Happy Birthday to Bp. Edward Slattery of Tulsa, OK!  His Excellency turned 71. We have featured His Excellency on this blog several times.  None, however, was more memorable than his stunning sermon at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in … Read More

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ANOTHER PONTIFICAL MASS at the National Shrine in Washington DC!

You all remember the spectacular Pontifical Mass last April at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.  Bp. Slattery of Tulsa was celebrant and gave that spectacular sermon..  It was broadcast on EWTN and the undersigned was one of the … Read More

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