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Tag Archives: TLM
BOSTON: Fri 7 Sept, TLM at Cathedral followed by talk “The Culture of the Traditional Liturgy”
A friend of mine from my many years in Rome, Greg Di Pippo (very learnéd fellow), is going to be giving a talk in Boston, at the Cathedral, on the Extraordinary Form. There will be Holy Mass in the Extraordinary … Read More
Brick By Brick: Extraordinary Form training in seminaries – FOLLOW UP
From a seminarian: I responded before to your inquiry about what training was or was not being offered in seminaries in the celebration of the Extraordinary Form. At the time you inquired there was no training offered for the EF. … Read More
Reason #5 for Summorum Pontificum: vocations to the priesthood
Yet another reason to thank Pope Benedict for Summorum Pontificum: A long-time reader and participant (and donor) sent an alert about the following, with this comment: Interesting that CNS included a segment on Tradition starting at 2:15, featuring one Michael … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, Extraordinary Form, priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, TLM, traditional Latin Mass, vocations
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23 Comments
Radio interview with a priest who learned the Extraordinary Form
Go HERE to hear an interview by Larry Roach on Fidelis Radio with Fr. Michael Rodriguez of the Diocese of El Paso. You have probably heard of him. Father was involved in a huge dust up in the defense of … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged El Paso, Extraordinary Form, Fidelis Radio, Fr. Rodriguez, priesthood, TLM
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3 Comments
A bishop explicitly charges all his seminarians to learn the Extraordinary Form. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
For your Brick by Brick file. In another entry I answered a question from a lay person who desired to pray for a priest as he learns the Extraordinary Form of Holy Mass at the request of his bishop. It … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae, Wherein Fr. Z Rants, Year of Faith
Tagged Bp. Morlino, D. Madison, Extraordinary Form, Marshall Plan, seminarians, seminaries, TLM, Universae Ecclesiae
37 Comments
37 Comments
QUAERITUR: Prayer for a priest as he is tasked to learn the TLM
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! From a reader: Fr. Z- During his homily this weekend, my pastor stated that our bishop asked him to learn to say the TLM so that he can say mass for a group of … Read More
Anglican Ordinariates and the Extraordinary Form
At the blog The Anglo-Catholic I read: When I [that blogger] met him in Orlando some months ago, Monsignor Steenson [head of the US Ordinariate] held nothing back in the expression of his enmity towards Catholic Traditionalism and the so-called … Read More
17-21 Sept: FSSP Extraordinary Form Low Mass Training Seminar
I received this note from a priest of the FSSP: Just a quick note regarding our Fall dates for Low Mass Priest Training at our seminary from 17-21 September. Also, if there is interest, much of our Latin Mass Training Video, is available for … Read More
QUAERITUR: Tired of outdated liberal liturgy, bad doctrine, no TLM. What do we do?
From a reader: I’m a 28 year old, white, married, male with 3 children, a decent job, two degrees in Theology and an ever-growing chip on my shoulder. I know enough to know that there is always a “storm period” … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged Biological Solution, Bux Protocol, TLM, vocations
41 Comments
41 Comments
Young lady on YouTube evangelizing like a champ, explaining the … Traditional Latin Mass!
A reader sent the link to this video. We’ve got to hand it to this young lady. She is on YouTube, explaining, even evangelizing, like a champ. [wp_youtube]ZDb8LNJ_NB4[/wp_youtube] WDTPRS kudos!
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