Monthly Archives: January 2008

Good news in WI

I picked up from Credo Catholic Journal this nice item: 12 January 2008Latin Mass to be said today in Baileys Harbor Wisconsin Those in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin will have an opportunity to attend the Traditional Latin Mass today. BAILEYS HARBOR … Read More

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The Marini (I) Gambit

This is from the fine site of the New Liturgical Movement. You will recall that over 500 people in the Archdiocese of Milan signed a request for the older form of Mass.  Card. Tettamanzi, who was one of the preeminent … Read More

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Still in NYC

Greetings.  I am still in New York City.  I have put out feelers to a few people who wrote asking for a meeting, but I haven’t heard back.  FWIW. I can’t repond to all the e-mails I am getting but … Read More

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St. Louis: Kenrick-Glennon seminarians train for TLM… etc.

I found a rather interesting story in the St. Louis Review Online. My emphases and comments. January 11, 2008 Vocations: Kenrick-Glennon seminarians train to meet faithful’s liturgical needs by Jennifer Brinker, Review Staff Writer It’s important for the Church to … Read More

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Good new from Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau

Here is a good item which arrived via e-mail: This has seemed one of the less TLM-friendly dioceses. Initial celebration in Springfield will begin on a monthly basis, starting February 10th at Holy Trinity Church (website, directions). The exact time … Read More

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Preparation for Lenten Preparation

In the older, traditional Roman calendar, we have pre-Lenten Sundays: Septuagesima Sunday, etc. These Sundays help us get ou minds around the fact that Lent, which was once a much deeper time of discipline in the universal Church, we around … Read More

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Marini video

With a tip of the biretta and my compliments  o{]:¬)   to the master of the Hermeneutic of Continuity, the great Fr. Finigan (whom I hope to see in February!): The Battle of the Marini

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John Allen’s on the older Good Friday prayers and the Pope’s USA trip

The indefatigible fair-minded and nearly ubiquitous former Rome correspondent of the über-liberal National Catholic Reporter, Mr. John L. Allen, Jr., has a piece on the site of the NCR about the Good Friday Prayer for the Jews in the 1962 … Read More

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Update on the preparation of the new translation of the Roman Missal

This is in from Vatican Radio: (10 Jan 07 – RV) A statement released today by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments says that the completion of the English-language edition of the Roman Missal is … Read More

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Benedict XVI on St. Augustine for Wednesday Audience

Since I am on the road, I will just state that the Holy Father spoke about St. Augustine during his audience. Here is the English precis: Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our weekly catechesis, we now turn to the towering … Read More

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