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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Fr. Z asks tech advice
I have always had a hard time getting movies/videos from my iPhone to my WordPress blog (this blog) and, therefore, I don’t post many or any. Too bad! I see some cool stuff. I have one on my phone that … Read More
Rome – Days 4 & 5: Jesuits and snakes – GOFUNDME for Pontifical Vestments
The other day I mentioned that I was upset enough by what I had heard about the Synod shenanigans that I walked for a few hours. One of the places I wound up was P.za di Spagna and the great … Read More
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Mass for Benefactors, some Synod Notes, and forming my Battle Plan
While here in Rome, I have each day been saying Mass for my benefactors for this Rome trip. Today I will be saying Mass for you sometime between 1800-1900 (I think) Rome time. If I am not mistaken, in … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Why were non-bishops voting at Synod of BISHOPS?
I received this from a priest reader. QUAERITUR: I am confused. I thought that a Synod of Bishops was a group of Bishops. That is also what Canon 342 says. But according to Fr. Thomas Reese the recent Synod also included … Read More
UPDATED: What Did The Synod Really Say? Some analysis of the Final Report.
I’ve added more feedback. _____ ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED Published on: Oct 25, 2015 @ 18:10 As I mentioned in an earlier post, since I have been on pilgrimage, I’ve tried to be in as much of a Synod Free Zone as possible. … Read More
Rome – Day 3: Synod Free Zone, Abbatial Mass and – Fr. Z rants
I have been – mostly on purpose – in a Synod Free Zone in the last few days, even though I am at Ground Zero. Yes, I am hearing a lot. No, I am trying not to let it … Read More
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard on Sunday? Let’ us know. Meanwhile… from a reader: Father, your charity in asking for only GOOD points made in the Sunday Sermon Notes is admirable. However, you are being … Read More
WDTPRS: Christ the King (1962 Missale Romanum)
In the post-Conciliar, Novus Ordo calendar, the Solemnity of Christ the King is the last Sunday of the liturgical year, just before Advent begins. In the traditional Roman calendar it falls on the last Sunday of October. The feast was … Read More
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: Perna
Perna in Latin means “ham”. There is a street not far from where I am that, from the time of the Caesars, is called Panisperna. That’s where you could buy ham and … etc. Also, that’s where the Panisperna Boys … Read More
ROME – Day 2: Of processions and pitchers
The procession and Pontifical Mass for the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage was this morning. Here are some shots. I prayed for you, the readers here, my family, my friends, my confreres in Madison, the … gulp… Synod. Starting in S. Lorenzo … Read More
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