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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
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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?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
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Category Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Feast of St. Mark: procession and litany
From a reader: How many parishes observed this feast day of St. Mark with the traditional procession chanting the litany of the saints? Ours followed a sung ad orientem Novus Ordo Mass with incense and Kyrie (Gr.), Sanctus, Mysterium Fidei, … Read More
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Sarasota, FL: new church dedicated for the traditional Roman Rite
From the literal brick by brick department this is from the Diocese of Venice (Florida): On April 19, 2009 Bishop Frank J. Dewane of the Diocese of Venice in Florida Dedicated Christ the King Church in Sarasota, the first church … Read More
QUAERITUR: Taking a RCIA group to a TLM – advice
From a reader: I am a volunteer for the RCIA group in my parish. Thanks be to God, eight were baptized and another twenty-two from our parish were received into the Church at the Easter Vigil. I’ve talked the director … Read More
Card. Cañizares (CDWDS): the “great campaign of liturgical formation”
I have long argued that Pope Benedict has been implementing a "Marshall Plan" to revitalize our Catholic identity, both for the Church herself and then for what the Catholics can offer the world in the public square. Liturgy is a … Read More
D. of Raleigh, Confirmations in the Extraordinary Form
On April 17, 2009, His Excellency Most Rev. Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, NC confirmed 21 people in the Extraordinary Form at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunn, NC. This was his first ceremony in the Extraordinary Form. Brick … Read More
A priest learns the TLM and it changes him
A reader alerted me to this piece in the Ave Herald: My emphases and comments in this excerpt. Fr. Tatman: "We’re Off to a Wonderful Start" Tuesday, 31 March 2009 08:34 It was not a typical parish appointment, and … Read More
Archd. of Manila’s “Clarification” about Summorum Pontificum
You will recall that His Eminence the Archbishop of Manila, Card. Rosales, had originally imposed severe restrictions on the provisions enacted by the Supreme Pontiff in Summorum Pontificum. Those restrictions were so clearly out of step with the Church’s law … Read More
VIDEO: Litany of Saints in Rome – around the piazza and into church
Thanks to our friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus for posting a video of the Way of the Cross in the streets of Rome with the Litany of Saints.
Card. Castrillon corrects Card. Rosales (Archd. Manila) on Summorum Pontificum
The Tablet‘s Robert Micken’s drills into the question of Gaudencial Card. Rosales treatment of the Pope’s provision in Summorum Pontificum. You might remember the Cardinal’s lack of positive enthusiasm. My emphases and comments. PHILIPPINESCardinal accused of disobeying Pope Robert MickensIn … Read More
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