Category Archives: Brick by Brick

TLM at a primary school for children aged 8-11

With a tip of the biretta   o{]:¬)   to His Hermeueticalness, I present this: The LMS Birmingham and Black Country reports on a Mass celebrated according to the usus antiquior for St John Fisher Primary School at West Heath, Birmingham … Read More

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Everything’s up to date in Kansas City, MO.

I caught this excellent post over at SERVIAM! And while the sweet sounds of bats upon balls heralds another year of America’s Pastime, the spring training to which I refer is of an even more sacred kind (as hard as … Read More

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Brick by Brick in Kansas City, Kansas: Confessions – every parish, every Wednesday in Lent

Sometimes I wonder if Bp. Finn of Kansas City, MO and Archbp. Naumann of Kansas City, KS compete with each other to be the best Catholic bishop they can be. Here is great news from Kansas City, Kansas. Take this … Read More

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What is the Pope of Christian Unity up to now?

The first time I used the phrase “Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity“, which is starting to get around, liberals were in grand-twit: they are losing control of what “ecumenism” means and how it is pursued.  Benedict is … Read More

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Chicago Pro-Life Flash Mob!

From a reader: CHICAGO – A pro-abortion “Walk for Choice” rally was held in downtown Chicago’s Daley Plaza on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Participants of the “Walk for Choice” were protesting HR Bill 3 which limits taxpayer funding for Planned … Read More

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More fruits of Anglicanorum coetibus!

The print edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, has an item by the loverly and persistent Anna Arco about four more Anglican priests resigning their positions in order to join the Ordinariate of Our Lady of … Read More

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An initial comment concerning the Instruction about Summorum Pontificum

Many people have written to me asking about the rumors that the upcoming Instruction about Summorum Pontificum and asking if the Instruction will undermine the Holy Father’s provisions.  I wrote about this Instruction here, and there was considerable discussion about … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Parish usher wants to be a JP to officiate at wedding of Catholics

From a reader: I have a good friend who is much older than I. Sadly, he disagrees with a lot of the Church’s stances. Despite that, he hears Mass regularly (every Sunday), and Holy Days of Obligations. He is an … Read More

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Pastor of two parishes ends use of Extraordinary Ministers of Communion

For your “Brick By Brick” file. I found this, thanks to a reader, on the site Knights of Divine Mercy, by Fr. Rick Heilman, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Pine Bluff, WI. My emphases and comments. Extraordinary Ministers … Read More

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Propose rather than impose

An alert reader informed me about a post on the blog of Msgr. Charles Pope in Washington D.C.  I had the pleasure of meeting him last year at the time of the great Pontifical Mass in the National Shrine of … Read More

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