Monthly Archives: August 2008

Summorum Pontificum and the D. of Chicoutimi, Canada: update

Regular WDTPRS readers will recall the hostile reception of Summorum Pontificum in the Diocese of Chicoutimi in Canada.  I have an update. A reader sent this: I have been following your blog with interest for some time now. I read … Read More

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Thanks to readers for generous feedback, gifts and donations

Many thanks to readers for items from my amazon wish list. AH of AK sent the beautiful DVD Into Great Silence.  Very moving, entrancing.  I saw it in Rome when it first came out, but I am glad to have … Read More

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Get rid of the disgust. Priests must be MEN!

To counteract to wyrdwymynpryst thing, how about listening to some Don Camillo stories? Priests are MEN! Part I 1) The Little World2) A Confession3) A Baptism Part II 4) On the Trail  … and 5) Night School Part III 6) … Read More

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Catholic Herald on desecrated Host

The wonderful Anna Arco had an item in the last number of the Catholic Herald, which is worthy of notice: Atheist professor desecrates stolen HostBy Anna Arco1 August 2008 Priests at the London Oratory have called for prayers of reparation … Read More

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15 August: Camden, NJ – Solemn TLM – Assumption of BVM

On 15 August I am to preach for the Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Assumption at the Cathedral of Camden, NJ. The Mass is an annual event organized by the wonderful Mater Ecclesiae community in Berlin, NJ, the … Read More

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9 August: Fr. Z in Cleveland, blognic

On 8 August I fly to Cleveland where I will be for a few days. We have said that there will be a blognic on Saturday morning 9 August. The plans must be firmed up now, I think. Let’s meet … Read More

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Remember the Perseids! (The Tears of St. Lawrence)

You might want to put on your calendar the Perseid Meteor Shower.  Here is a note from SpaceWeather. The Perseid Shower is called the "Tears of St. Lawrence" because it peaks around the time of the Feast of St. Lawerence. … Read More

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5 Aug: O.L. of the Snows – Roman tradition – photos

Our friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus has some photos of the moment when, to commemorate the ancient miracle of the August snowfall in Rome, panels in the ceiling of the papal Basilica of St. Mary Major are opened and … Read More

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A helpful “cheat sheet” for priests for Mass translation changes

Priests who celebrate the Novus Ordo in English might be interested in this. Here is a "cheat sheet" put together by a priest who sent it to me to share with priests. This sheet puts in a convenient format some … Read More

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TLM in Guadalajara, Mexico

I posted the news reported by Una Voce in Mexico, about the expansion of the TLM in Guadalajara and Mexico City. I received some photos of a TLM celebrated in Guadalajara by a priest of the FSSP in San Isidro … Read More

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