Catholicism.org » Mass and the Liturgy http://catholicism.org An online journal edited by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Richmond N.H. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:17:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Prayer for Church Unity Is a Prayer For Our Own Conversion and For Non-Catholics To Enter the True Church http://catholicism.org/prayer-for-church-unity-is-a-prayer-for-our-own-conversion-and-for-non-catholics-to-enter-the-true-church.html http://catholicism.org/prayer-for-church-unity-is-a-prayer-for-our-own-conversion-and-for-non-catholics-to-enter-the-true-church.html#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:47:43 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=25877 It’s that simple, as Father Paul Wattson intended it in petitioning Rome to approve the liturgical octave. Pope Saint Pius X approved of the octave in 1908 and Pope Benedict XV promoted its observance throughout the whole Catholic Church. The eight days of prayer begin on January 18, the feast of the Chair of Saint ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/prayer-for-church-unity-is-a-prayer-for-our-own-conversion-and-for-non-catholics-to-enter-the-true-church.html/feed 0 What We Have Seen and Heard http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-175.html http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-175.html#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:28:25 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=25598 The true religion is not a book. It is a communion — a mystical body — by which man is united to God and therefore made holy, beginning in this life a relationship that is meant to continue for all eternity in beatitude. Yes, the true faith is a revelation from on high. Yes, a ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-175.html/feed 0 Traditional Mass at Two New Hampshire Colleges http://catholicism.org/traditional-mass-at-two-new-hampshire-colleges.html http://catholicism.org/traditional-mass-at-two-new-hampshire-colleges.html#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:05:37 +0000 The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary http://catholicism.org/?p=25500 The traditional Roman Rite of Mass has made its way onto the campuses of Thomas More College and the College of Saint Mary Magdalen. These are two of the country’s most respected Catholic liberal arts colleges. It so happens that they are both located in New Hampshire. It also happens that our brothers have trained ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/traditional-mass-at-two-new-hampshire-colleges.html/feed 2 Pardon the Provocation, but ‘Merry Christmas!’ http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-174.html http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-174.html#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:57:10 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=25423 Dear Friends and Benefactors,

A Christmas letter is conventionally an opportunity to express gratitude for the past, good cheer for the present, and hope for the future. This is a good convention, for these are three very Christian things. In the present circumstances of our Republic, the world, and the Church, the necessity is to supernaturalize ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/ad-rem-no-174.html/feed 0 The Story We Live By and the Foundations of Our Faith: Implications of the Incarnation and of the Bethlehem Nativity http://catholicism.org/the-story-we-live-by-and-the-foundations-of-our-faith-implications-of-the-incarnation-and-of-the-bethlehem-nativity.html http://catholicism.org/the-story-we-live-by-and-the-foundations-of-our-faith-implications-of-the-incarnation-and-of-the-bethlehem-nativity.html#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:34:33 +0000 Dr. Robert Hickson http://catholicism.org/?p=25332 [Originally authored 13 December 2003, the Feast of Sancta Lucia]

At this time of the Christian Feast of the Nativity, when we are also expectantly considering the coming year of 2012 (as was so in 2003) and the pressures of deepening war and religious conflict, we more openly allow ourselves to consider the foundations of things.

Did ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-story-we-live-by-and-the-foundations-of-our-faith-implications-of-the-incarnation-and-of-the-bethlehem-nativity.html/feed 0 The King and the ‘Lex Orandi’ http://catholicism.org/the-king-and-the-lex-orandi.html http://catholicism.org/the-king-and-the-lex-orandi.html#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:14:19 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=24814 Tomorrow is the Feast of Christ the King, the glorious Christian festival instituted by Pope Pius XI to remind the world of the truth taught by his own papal motto: Pax Christi in regno Christi (the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ). There will be no peace among nations without the social reign of ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-king-and-the-lex-orandi.html/feed 1 Traditional Latin Mass in Afghanistan? Yes http://catholicism.org/traditional-latin-mass-in-afghanistan-yes.html http://catholicism.org/traditional-latin-mass-in-afghanistan-yes.html#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:31:08 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=24713 Rorate Caeli: The photo above usually would be very newsworthy: a priest, one of the 15 that say a weekly or monthly Traditional Latin Mass for the souls of our Purgatorial Society, saying a Requiem Mass for the souls enrolled in the Society.

What makes this not only newsworthy, but extraordinary, is that this Traditional Latin ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/traditional-latin-mass-in-afghanistan-yes.html/feed 0 Ember Days Coming Next Week: What Exactly Are They? http://catholicism.org/ember-days-coming-next-week-what-exactly-are-they.html http://catholicism.org/ember-days-coming-next-week-what-exactly-are-they.html#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:02:43 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=24440 Rorate Caeli has a very good article by Michael Foley explaining what those of us who didn’t know should have known about the ember days:

A potential danger of traditionalism is the stubborn defense of something about which one knows little. I once asked a priest who had just finished beautifully celebrating an Ember Saturday Mass ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/ember-days-coming-next-week-what-exactly-are-they.html/feed 0 Irish Bishop Calls for End of Mandatory Priestly Celibacy, Rejection of New Non-Inclusive Mass Translation http://catholicism.org/irish-bishop-calls-for-end-of-mandatory-priestly-celibacy-rejection-of-new-non-inclusive-mass-translation.html http://catholicism.org/irish-bishop-calls-for-end-of-mandatory-priestly-celibacy-rejection-of-new-non-inclusive-mass-translation.html#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:38:18 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=24356 Catholic Culture: Bishop Edward Daly, the retired Irish bishop who is calling for a change in the discipline of clerical celibacy, “was ‘deeply disappointed’ by an experience of celebration of the Mass in Latin some years ago, which he found ‘lifeless and somewhat meaningless,’” according to an Irish Times report on his newly published memoirs. ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/irish-bishop-calls-for-end-of-mandatory-priestly-celibacy-rejection-of-new-non-inclusive-mass-translation.html/feed 0 Remembering a Cardinal Who Valued Hedges, Who Loved the Latin Mass, Alas! http://catholicism.org/remembering-a-cardinal-who-valued-the-latin-hedge-of-orthodoxy-who-loved-the-latin-mass-alas.html http://catholicism.org/remembering-a-cardinal-who-valued-the-latin-hedge-of-orthodoxy-who-loved-the-latin-mass-alas.html#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:44:16 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=23843 “And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted” (Isaias 5:5).

Rorate Caeli website has a tribute today in honor of Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani who died thirty-two years ago on August 3, 1979. Principal motivator, along with Antonio Cardinal Bacci, ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/remembering-a-cardinal-who-valued-the-latin-hedge-of-orthodoxy-who-loved-the-latin-mass-alas.html/feed 4