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Monthly Archives: October 2022
ROME 22/10 – Day 14: And old frenemy and a new dish
You know how this goes. 7:19 18:33 18:45 After Holy Mass and a holy hour – there is something special about the quiet of a large space – I was after something to break my fast. Off to the famous … Read More
13 Oct 1917 – Anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun” at Fatima – POLL about the “3rd Secret”
Today is the anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun that occurred in 1917. Thousands of people saw it. It had been raining and, after, clothes and ground were dry. Pius XII saw it in Rome in the Vatican gardens. … Read More
ROME 22/10 – Day 13: Do not despair!
It was the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite, that bastion against nonsense. We would have seen the sunrise at 7:18 had it not been cloudy and raining. Would we see the … Read More
ROME 22/10 – Day 12: Mangled and hiding
Our sunrise today was at 7:17 and the sunset will be at 18:36. How time flies and shortens these lovely Roman October days. The Ave Maria, when rung, is to be rung at 18:45. It is a dies non today. … Read More
ASK FATHER: What is a reasonable donation to a priest for a request to say a Mass?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What is a reasonable ordinary donation to a priest in connection with a request to say a mass. Or a reasonable range? I understand that it is not strictly necessary to send a certain amount, and … Read More
ROME 22/10 – Day 11: Not snuffed out yet
The sun rose in Rome at 7:16 and will set at 18:37. The Ave Maria rings at 18:45. Today is the Feast of the Maternity of Mary and it also marks the 60th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II. … Read More
11 Oct 1962 – the opening of Vatican II and John XXIII’s speech
11 October 1962 saw the opening of the Second Vatican Council. John XXIII, brushing off the reservations of advisors and those whom he consulted, determined to have that Council (but who refused to reveal of Secret of Fatima at Our … Read More
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ROME 22/10 – Day 10: About donations and Masses for benefactors
In Rome sunrise was at 7:15 and sunset will be an 18:39 with the Ave Maria bell to be rung at 1900. It is the traditional feast of St. Francis Borgia. He was the great grandson of Alexander VI (Borgia) … Read More
WSJ: Justice Delayed for Father MacRae of beyondthesestonewalls.com
From the WSJ: Justice Delayed for Father MacRae A list of officers with credibility issues calls his 1994 conviction into question. Father Gordon MacRae has been in prison since 1994, when a New Hampshire jury convicted him of sexual assault … Read More
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ROME 22/10 – Day 9: Processions and digressions
7:14 is the time for the Roman sun to appear and it is slated for disappearance at 18:41. The Ave Maria is at 19:00. It is the Feast of St. John Leonardi (+1609), founder of the Clerics Regular of the … Read More
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