Monthly Archives: January 2009

I am pleased to communicate that one of you kind participants sent a translation of the Internet Prayer in LATIVIAN Many years ago I wrote this prayer in Latin.  Since then it has been translated into many languages. I am … Read More →

Here is a request to those of you who participate in WDTPRS through their mobile devices, cellular phones, etc., with mobile browsers. I had in place a theme which iPhones would pick up.  I made change to that theme recently … Read More →

From a reader: Bishop John Michael D’Arcy, bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, will offer the Mass according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in South Bend, Indiana. Sunday, January 18th at 7:45 amSt. Patrick Catholic … Read More →

The liturgical eye-candy guys at NLM have posted some excellent screen-captures of the Vatican TV feed of the Holy Father’s Mass for the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel. This is now the time when he openly celebrates … Read More →

From the Cornell Society for a Good Time this amusing post! You might be a traditional priest if . . . you have a thurible hanging over the passenger’s seat in your car!

Pio Cardinal Laghi, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study), has died. He was 86 years old and had served as a priest for 62 years. He served as a bishop for 39 … Read More →

Thanks to the reporting of AsiaNews we know about this fine internet journalist… Fr. Bernardo Cervellera receives the Premio Giuliano Ragno 2008 The award ceremony took place Saturday morning, at the Milan offices of Avvenire. The honor was given in … Read More →

From Astronomy Pic of the Day! Saturn eclipsing the sun from the Cassini spacecraft. In the Shadow of Saturn Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Explanation: In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft … Read More →

I was alerted to this from CathNews by an alert reader.  It is (in blogosphere terms) an oldie, but it’s a goodie: New prefect favours communion on tonguePublished: December 18, 2008 Incoming Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and … Read More →

First, I get lots of e-mail.  As a result I have a pretty high portcullis. Lot’s of innocent e-mail gets pulled into my spam filters. However, I am also having problems with my spam filter.   I am trying to use … Read More →