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Category Archives: ASK FATHER Question Box
QUAERITUR: Can’t attend Sunday Mass. Wherein Fr. Z gives a long, convoluted answer with lots of history and some Latin.
From a reader: I am currently in attendance at a law enforcement academy in order to become certified as a State Trooper. It runs until January of next year, is a live-in facility, and is structured in a very paramilitary … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Beautiful, traditional sacramental documents or certificates
Once upon a time sacramental documents were lovely and theologically meaningful. Now, not so much. This is from a reader: I was wondering if you knew of where my fiancé and I could obtain a traditional catholic marriage certificate for … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Extraordinary Ministers of Hospitality
From a reader: I read an article about an African Mass. Apparently the Mass is the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite with African inculturations. Included in the entry procession are Extraordinary Ministers of Hospitality. The article did not state … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: How to obtain more celebrations of the TLM in the diocese? Holy “lío”!
From a reader: As you know on 30 April 2011 the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei issued the instruction Universae Ecclesiae of 30 April 2011, to clarify some aspects of Summorum Pontificum. The two sections of this document that are of … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, O'Brian Tags, Preserved Killick, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Bux Protocol, lío, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, UE 21, UE 22, Universae Ecclesiae
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QUAERITUR: How do I tactfully tell Father things I don’t like about him?
From a reader: We have a new priest in my parish. Not a new priest but new to us. He is an adult who had a career before becoming a priest. He also has a child from a marriage (divorced … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Limit on number of statues permitted in church? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: Is there a limit to number of statues permitted in a church or chapel? Yes! The first law that governs the number of statues in a church is the law of physics whereby it is evident that … Continue reading
7 Sept – Day of Prayer & Fasting: What Did The Pope Really Say? Fr. Z offers suggestions.
From a reader: The Holy Father has declared that next Saturday, September 7th, will be a day of prayer and fast for peace, for the whole Church. Do you think that, particularly as far as fast is concerned, that means … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Can you confess in Latin?
From a reader: I know that the use of Latin is good for large international Masses (and for parish Masses, too…!), but what if, say, a priest and penitent didn’t speak the same language? Could a confession be made in … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Women should cover their heads, not just in church, but all the time?
From a reader: I am a traditional Catholic woman (attend an ICKSP oratory) and always cover my hair when in a church. I was taught that 1 Corinthians 11 is referring to women covering their hair in church only, which … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged chapel veils, head coverings
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QUAERITUR: The GIRM is silent about a couple things. Fr. Z says “So what?!”
From a reader: #1: Some persons make the Sign of the Cross when the priest closes the Act of Penitence (‘May Almighty God have mercy on us . . . ‘), but this is not mentioned in the GIRM. Is … Continue reading
