The Church’s calendar is soon to reach its dramatic terminus. We are yet in the lengthy last part of it, the Pentecost cycle, which, this year, began on Sunday, May 19. Since, liturgically, we are in the Reign of the … Continue reading
Category: Mass and the Liturgy
The Battle of Vienna and the Holy Name of Mary
In 1683, the forces of the Holy League, under Poland’s King Jan Sobieski, roundly defeated the Mohammedan invaders at the Battle of Vienna. Here is a brief telling of that triumphant occasion by Gary Potter (in “Saint Mary of Victory … Continue reading
San Francisco Has 3 Parishes Offering Traditional Mass, 2 Daily
California Catholic Daily: San Francisco’s Star of the Sea Church will soon host a daily celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. Beginning on Monday, September 9, the old Mass will be celebrated Monday through Friday at 7:30 AM. Star of the … Continue reading
Devirilization of the Church
Two unrelated posts from two sites on the Internet bring to our attention the “devirilization” of the Church, that is, the stripping away of virtuous Catholic masculinity. The first one — whence comes the word — is from Rorate Caeli, … Continue reading
Some Italian Bishops’ ‘Top Priority’ Supressing Traditional Mass
California Catholic Daily; Recently there was a news item about some Italian bishops griping (that’s not news) to Pope Francis (ditto) about Summorum Pontificum (as before). They think it should be extirpated (more of the same). Francis shot them down. That’s news. … Continue reading
Saint Augustine of Canterbury and Ecumenically Incorrect Orations
These are a very English couple of days, yesterday and today, in the Church’s calendar, what with Saint Bede the Venerable yesterday and Saint Augustine of Canterbury today. That the former wrote about the latter in his famous Ecclesiastical History … Continue reading
Priest Dies Two Days After Ordination, After Finishing Mass
CNA: Father Scott R. Carroll, ordained a priest of the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, on May 8, died of cancer two days later after battling the disease for some time. More here.
San Francisco Archbishop Establishes Parish Church for Traditional Mass
Rorate Caeli: From the Archdiocesan intranet: At the request of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will begin to be celebrated at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Boulevard (at 8th Avenue) in San Francisco on … Continue reading
Sanctifying the Earth, and Our Parishes
Looking at any traditional missal, one will come across a couple somewhat puzzling observances: the Greater and Lesser Litanies — the former on the feast of St. Mark (April 25), and the latter on the “Rogation Days” (the Monday, Tuesday, … Continue reading
Will the Next Pope Be Crowned?
The announcement of Pope Benedict XVI on February 11, 2013 that he would leave the Papacy (he could not resign it, as there is no earthly authority into whose hands he could do so; he renounced the See of St. … Continue reading
The Baptism of Jesus: What Happened and Why?
I have been reading a few good articles about Our Lord’s baptism on Catholic websites, one by Carl Olson for the Catholic World Report, another by Monsignor Charles Pope for the Archdiocese of Washington website, and lastly the Sunday sermon … Continue reading
Ad Orientem: Bishop of Madison WI Wants All Priests to Face East for Mass
Father Z: My friend Fr. Richard Heilman, pastor of St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff, WI, in the Diocese of Madison – where there reigneth Bp. Morlino – has made the move to the East. See here.