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Monthly Archives: June 2010
The new cappa magna
The newly made cappa magna for tonight’s pontifical Mass was removed from it’s box, and unfurled in the sacristy.
Altar breads from Cistercian nuns, with video
From a priest reader: Thank you for all that you do to promote the religious life, especially the businesses that cloistered religious operate to support themselves. I thought you might appreciate (and plug) this video on the altar breads business … Read More
Taliban in Afghanistan hang a 7 YEAR OLD BOY to punish family
From The Times of London… June 11, 2010Taleban hang 7-year-old boy to punish familyJerome Starkey, Kandahar A seven-year-old boy was murdered by the Taleban in an apparent act of retribution this week. Afghan officials said that the child was accused … Read More
NYC – Sat 12 June – Conference on Sacred Heart
Tomorrow in New York City there will be a conference on the theme of the Sacred Heart. CONFERENCE LOCATION Undercroft, Church of Our Savior, 59 Park Avenue (38th & Park) SCHEDULE 10:00 — 10:30 REGISTRATION10:30 —11:15 Mr. Donald Reynolds11:15 — 12:00 Fr. … Read More
The name of the next Prefect for Bishops is not yet chiseled in stone
From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli comes some chatter about the next Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Will it be Card. Pell of Sydney or not? It seems that things had progressed far enough that Card. Pell had been assigned … Read More
Benedict XVI’s sermon for Sacred Heart and close of Year for Priests
Here is the Holy Father’s sermon for the Feast of the Sacred Heart, marking the closing of the Year for Priests. I divided the paragraphs a bit more than the release did to make it easier to follow and added … Read More
Pope will not proclaim St. John Vianney after all
Strange business. Back in March the Holy See announced that the Holy Father was proclaim St. John Vianney as patron of all priests, not just of parish priests. Apparently not. Paolo Rodari of Palazzo Apostolico has an entry, entitled in … Read More
PLENARY INDULGENCE for Closing Day of Year for Priests
I would like to remind all lay people that it is possible to obtain, on the closing day for the Year for Priests, 19 June, a plenary indulgence. The decree of the Penitenzieria Apostolica says: During the Year for Priests … Read More
“Opportune and necessary.”
I use the following good news as a stepping stone into a little rant of my own. A reader with the Latin Mass Society in the UK sent me a copy of a letter they received from the Pontifical Commission … Read More
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Bees are interesting critters. In the ancient world they were thought to reproduce parthenogenetically. Therefore, in the early Church, bees were a symbol of virginity and purity. Because of the honey they produce, they were sometimes associated with eloquence. Hagiographical … Read More
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