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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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Category Archives: Brick by Brick
FOTA III Conference in Cork, Ireland – 10-12 July 2010
One of the organizers of the FOTA conferences in Ireland sent a prospectus for the upcoming meeting. It is too long to post, but here is a good item: The theme of the conference is: “Benedict XVI and Sacred Music” … Read More
Brick by Brick in Oakland, CA
For your Brick by Brick file a reader in the Diocese of Oakland wrote: His Excellency, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, will visit St. Margaret Mary’s Church for the second time on May 20, 2010 (Thursday). Bishop Cordileone will administer the … Read More
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Save The Liturgy – Save The World: a gloss on observations of Card. Cañizares
Regular readers here may… just possibily… recall that I drone on and on about what I think is Pope Benedict’s "Marshall Plan" for revitalizing Catholic identity after the devastation caused over the last 40+ years. The Holy Father has, I … Read More
In justice to Card. O’Malley of Boston on the foot-washing issue
I received this from a reader: I thought I’d bring to your attention yesterday’s post on [Boston’s Archbishop] Cardinal O’Malley’s blog. It seems every Holy Week the issue of the washing of women’s feet comes up and the Cardinal is ALWAYS … Read More
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QUAERITUR: putting collection under the altar during offertory
A reader queries: Our diocesan liturgist claims that it is ok with Canon law to put the monetary offers under (literally in my parish, there’s an opening under the altar stone, between the supports of the table part) the altar. … Read More
Bp. Jenky (D. Peoria): tabernacle must be in center of all churches in five years
I thought you would like to know about a positive development in the Diocese of Peoria. My emphases and comments: Directive on location of tabernacles from Bishop Jenky Saying that placing the Blessed Sacrament at the physical center of … Read More
POLL ALERT! US Catholic and Bp. Trautman team up on liturgical language
POLL ALERT! H.E. Most. Rev. Donald W. Trautman, Bishop of Erie, inveterate champion of inclusive language and die-hard proponent of ever-shifting "dynamic equivalence" for liturgical translations, has a piece in US CATHOLIC. There is also a US CATHOLIC POLL & … Read More
“…not pastoral care of the faithful, but the psychological distress of the priest.”
I am working my way piece meal through a borrowed copy of Lazlo Dobszay’s The Restoration and Organic Development of the Roman Rite. Here is a blurb: "The turning around of the altars, celebration versus populum, was not commanded by … Read More
Record number of confirmations in one US diocese
I enjoyed this story from CNA: Record number confirmed in Baltimore, despite recent media attacks on Church Baltimore, Md., Apr 6, 2010 / 07:02 am (CNA).- Despite the recent media attacks on the Church and Holy Father regarding clergy sex … Read More
ALERT: Successor in Los Angeles!
In the brick by brick file…. From VIS. From CNA: Archbishop Gomez appointed to Archdiocese of LA Vatican City, Apr 6, 2010 / 05:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- This morning the Holy Father appointed current San Antonio Archbishop Jose H. Gomez … Read More
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