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Tag Archives: St. Agnes
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY! Three more relics have arrived. Fr. Z tells a story.
I am delighted to report the arrival of three additional relics for my altar of “Two Trinities” chapel. I am deeply devoted to two great Roman saints, who have been my friends and patrons for many years. Firstly, St. Agnes … Continue reading
Posted in Saints: Stories & Symbols, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged relics, St. Agnes, St. Francesca Romana, St. John de Britto
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Good podcast about Gregorian Chant in a parish setting
Here is an interesting podcast with Fr. Mark Moriarty, the pastor of my home parish in St. Paul, St. Agnes Catholic Church. He interviews, Mark Pilon and Paul LeVoir, two of the men chiefly involved with the Gregorian chant Schola … Continue reading
21 January St. Agnes: “Intercede and beg a return of orthodoxy, sanity and sanctity to the Roman Church!”
Let us today invoke St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. O glorious Agnes who, though weak, were chosen by God to make His own might manifest in your martyrdom, together with the Peter and Paul and the other Roman martyrs and … Continue reading
Another young person’s reaction to Pope Francis about liturgical reform
A young woman at my home parish, St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN, penned a piece for the National Catholic Register in reaction to Pope Francis’ recent curious statements about liturgical reform. As you may recall, the Pope (or, better, his ghost … Continue reading
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Cnute, gravitas, liturgical reform, Pope Francis, St. Agnes, tide
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AUDIO – Victimae Paschali Laudes – As you may never have heard it before
20 April 2017 was the 10th anniversary of the death of Msgr Richard Schuler. A great deal as been written about him and we all owe a debt of gratitude to him for what he did. In his memory, and … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
Just For Fun: Shots from St. Agnes Day in Rome
Just for fun, The Great Roman Fabrizio sent some photos from the Mass celebrated by Card. Muller at the Church of St. Agnes on the P.za Navona. I thought you might like to see them. I am always happy to … Continue reading
St. Paul, MN – St. Agnes Church: Month Mind for Mother Angelica with Mozart, Mass in Latin
At my home parish of St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN, there are orchestral Masses (Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, Beethoven, etc.) on 30 Sundays of the year, along with Gregorian chant Propers. This year they added a Mass to the repertory. … Continue reading
Divine Praises … sung
On Sundays at my home parish in my native, St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN, the hour of Vespers has been sung in Gregorian Chant, using the Liber Usualis, at 3 pm for some 40 years… at least. Vespers followed by Benediction … Continue reading
My View For Awhile: Ordinary Form Edition
I am in my chilly native place at the moment. Tomorrow, I’ll have the 10 AM Mass at my home parish, St. Agnes in St. Paul, where I have not been for a long while… too long. The music is … Continue reading
Posted in O'Brian Tags, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Adm. Nelson, Joseph Haydn, Nelsonmesse, St. Agnes
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“Today, we fix our gaze on Agnes.”
There is a lovely post at Vultus Christi to which I direct your attention. This is how it begins: The wintertime liturgy sparkles with a constellation of virgin martyrs and holy women. The Roman Canon enshrines their names: Felicity, Perpetua, … Continue reading
Francis and the Lambs
Pope Francis went to a parish and allowed a lamb to be put over his shoulders. Is there is a better way to smell like the sheep than that? What I want to know is whether or not Pope Francis … Continue reading
GUEST POST: A mother benefits from Low Mass
I received a note from a parishioner at my home parish back in St. Paul, MN, The Church of St. Agnes. I have been a parishioner at St. Agnes in St. Paul for 14 months having moved to the Twin … Continue reading
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Tagged Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, Low Mass, St. Agnes, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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ACTION ITEM! Video about the revival of a inner city parish by using actual Catholicism.
I want about 15 minutes of your time. If you are a bishop or a priest or a seminarian, please give your special attention. Below is an excerpt from a documentary to be shown soon on EWTN (30 April 6:30 … Continue reading
Agnes: “Shining with the fire of divine love”
Let us invoke St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. O glorious Agnes, chosen by God, though weak, to make His own might manifest in your martyrdom, together with the Apostles intercede before the throne of our Our Father in heaven and … Continue reading
Posted in Linking Back, Patristiblogging, Saints: Stories & Symbols
Tagged Pope Damasus, St. Agnes, St. Ambrose
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Agnes… lambs… Popes…. nuns… pallia
The Holy Father blessed lambs today, the feast of St. Agnes, as usual. The lambs are associated with Agnes, because of the Latin similarity of their names, Agnes and agnus. Get it? Those sisters in the background are Benedictine nuns … Continue reading
21 January: St. Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Here is something I have posted in the past… about St. Agnes of Rome. Newcomers to WDTPRS may not have seen it. Behold the skull of Agnes. The dies natalis ("birthday into heaven") of Agnes was recorded in the register … Continue reading
