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The "sign of peace" during Mass in the Ordinary Form...
- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Galileo statue in Vatican Gardens
A statue Galileo is being set up in the grounds of the Vatican Gardens. The idea is to "close the Galileo affair". Right. That’s gonna work. Still, this is an interesting development. Galileo statue to be installed at the … Read More
GREAT news! FSSP to be given a “personal parish” in one of Rome’s treasure churches
There was an article in Corrierre della sera today which made me truly happy. Here it is in my translation. The Church of Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini "Ite, missa est": The old rite in Latin returns to the Ponte Sisto … Read More
A field trip to St. Augustine’s in S. St. Paul, MN
On Sunday morning I stuck my head into St. Augustine’s parish in South St. Paul. This is the parish where the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis had approved the celebration of the older form of Mass, many years ago. … Read More
Kudos to blogger Dominic and Melanie Bettinelli and their new daugher: Sophia
This just in: Sophia is 6lbs 15oz 19 inches. More info soon. See pic to right in sidebar. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T WDTPRS congratulations to Dominc and Melanie.
Election coverage bliss… a glimpse at Fr. Z’s set up
Tonight I am in election coverage bliss. I was watching the Fox News Channel coverage (whom I worked for during "Papal April") on the computer via my SlingBox (from the other room) and the live internet Fox News feed from … Read More
Bearnaise days
Once upon a time, I used to be good at making sauces from scratch. You know the stuff… Hollandaise… Poivre vert… etc. ( I worked as a cook to pay for grad school.) Since my last two trips to the … Read More
Another PCED response about seminarians and, this time, Latin requirements
You might recall that I posted a letter sent by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei (PCED) to a questioner asking about the rights of seminarians to be trained in the use of the 1962 Missale Romanum as well as, presumably, … Read More
PRAYERCAzT 20: 1st Passion Sunday (1962 Missale Romanum)
Welcome to another installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? Today we will hear the prayers for the 1st Passion Sunday in the 1962 Missale Romanum. I speak all the prayers and readings and also sing the Collect … Read More
A WDTPRSer writes to Fr. Z about Communion in the hand at TLMs. Fr. Z responds.
UPDATE: When this question and answer was given, it was 2008. However, in 2011 the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“, which has competence, issued a document called Universae Ecclesiae – English HERE, or Latin HERE – which helps to interpret and to implement Summorum … Read More
Card. Castrillon Hoyos to ordain FSSP deacons in Nebraska
His Eminence Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos, President of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, will confer the Priestly ordinations of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter the 30th of May in the year of Our Lord 2008 in Lincoln, Nebraska at the … Read More
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