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- 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: September 2008
The Steak and Kidney Pudding Lunch
Today I have gone in search of another standard: steak and kidney pudding. For dessert it will be Spotted Dick! Just as I was getting the morning together, a priest from Essex called to ask if I could meet. So … Read More
NEWARK: TLM implemented
From a reader: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (259 Oliver St., Newark, NJ) has recently instituted a Latin Mass according to the More Ancient Use Monday-Friday at 7:30 A.M. We are planning to start a Sunday Mass at 5:00 … Read More
TLM Seminary news
I got this from a reader: Here at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, the theologate is having a workshop on the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. I have attached a copy of the schedule. This morning we assisted at a Solemn … Read More
QUAERITUR: Communion rails – Fr. Z rants
A question from a reader: I am wondering if there was once a "law" about the Altar Rail in a Catholic Church. Did, or does, Canon Law, GIRM, or The Ritus Servandus speak to this piece of Church architecture? … Read More
A shot in the sacristy
Our friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus shot a photo in the sacristy of Ss. Trinita dei Pelegrini of me with an old friend in Rome, Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, who runs the Rome office of HLI. This was last week … Read More
A Seven Dials break
If any of you are near Seven Dials, I’ll spend a few minutes at The Crown. There is good Internet access here and Chinese food close at hand.
Glorious hours
I have just emerged from the National Gallery! Glorious hours! What a place. I learned a great deal and saw many paintings well known to me over the years. These visits have been wonderful reminders of the passage of years. … Read More
The Lamb and Flag
The names of pubs often reveal England’s particularly Catholic roots. Today I met the splendid Anna Arco for lunch at the Lamb and Flag near Leicester Square. I was tempted to go to Chinatown again… but it was time for … Read More
How St. Padre Pio received the stigmata
Here is a fascinating story posted on ZENIT. Everyone should read it closely. The Secret Story of Padre Pio’s Stigmata Volume Reveals Report of Vatican Investigator By Mirko Testa ROME, SEPT. 22, 2008 (Zenit.org).- A volume detailing the report of … Read More
EMBER DAY AWARENESS … DAY
From a reader: Dear Fr. Z, [Wednesday] is the beginning of the September Ember Days, and I am helping spread the word that this year, on the heels of the first anniversary of the motu proprio, we traditional Catholics should unite … Read More
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