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Category Archives: ACTION ITEM!
With the bad news comes some good news and an ACTION ITEM!
My mother is actively dying now. It has been a long hard path. Probably tomorrow she will go to the hospice. As she approaches her 91st birthday, she is finally succumbing to pulmonary fibrosis. I have reason to believe her … Read More
Send 2025 CHRISTMAS CARDS to Fr. Z! – With a cautionary note. – UPDATED
I always enjoy your Christmas cards. The notes and letters which describe the year people have had are interesting and, often, moving. Over the years I’ve recognized so many familiar names. I read them all. And drawings by kids are … Read More
FATHERS! ACTION ITEM! Plenary Indulgences available on 31 December (Te Deum) and 1 January (Veni Creator Spiritus)
Holy Mother Church offers the possibility to gain two plenary indulgences, one on 31 December to thank God for the graces received during the year and one on 1 January to invoke the Holy Spirit at the beginning of the … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Seven Sisters Apostolate for Saturday
This post is absolutely and blatantly self-serving! I shudder to think about my present situation if there weren’t people praying for me out there. I am so grateful to all of you. Therefore, I want to underscore a special group. … Read More
TLM extended by Rome in the Diocese of Cleveland for 2 years. Question: If for Cleveland, why not elsewhere?
UPDATE 23 October 2025 What they are not telling you is that the bishop asked for a 5-year extension and only got 2, was asked to say a New Mass in Latin, and told to lead acceptance of Vatican II. … Read More
DANG! ACTION ITEM! Fr. McTeigue swings the axe! Make this go viral.
Make this go viral. Use my social links. Do it. Let’s use our collective power. We still have it, don’t doubt. Transcript: Maybe this has happened to you. I know people that this has actually happened to. You may know … Read More
ALERT: A scam involving PayPal: email that says – “Set up your account profile.” – UPDATE
UPDATE 10 Sept 25: I got another PayPal scam call today. This was a little different. And, he references something sent to my email: of course there was nothing remotely related in my email. That’s a hook to get you … Read More
ACTION ITEM! 9 September – International Buy A Priest A Beer Day!
UPDATE: Thanks to DR, GMW, AT, AK NB: Scroll down for the Latin and English texts for the Blessing of Beer. You don’t want to miss this. It’s too important. And this has been a really tough year for priests, … Read More
ACTION ITEM: IMPORTANT – On the use and, especially, abuse of Newman’s “development of doctrine”
At the substack of Catholic Unscripted (three great brits) there is a piece by Rev. Stephen Morgan, whom I have known for years. Brilliant and “good value” (a phrase I learned from him), a convert, who is now heading up … Read More
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Tagged development of doctrine, John Henry Newman, Stephen Morgan
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Sad news about a long-time reader and a WDTPRS look at the Collect of the Mass “for the sick near to death”
I received sad news. A long time reader and commentator here, even longer from my time with The Wanderer, passed away last night. In your kindness please pray for Charles Henry Edwards. Henry was a key figure in fostering celebration … Read More
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