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Category Archives: Mail from priests
ASK FATHER: Priest’s “Bug Out Bag” for TEOTWAWKI
From a reader: What items should a Catholic include in a bug out bag [BOB] besides the usual survival gear? What does a Priest’s bug out bag look like? I would assume supplies to administer the sacraments in an emergency. … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Global Killer Asteroid Questions, GO TO CONFESSION, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Semper Paratus, TEOTWAWKI, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged bug out, bug out bag, fortified wine, Fr. Walter Ciszek, paracord, priest hole, raisins, rosary, SHTF, TEOTWAWKI
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“Go kill yourself. Your f***** family too.”
I had this note today from a priest. This is also emblematic of the sort of mail I receive all the time. It also shows that there is a demonic side to the perversion of God’s plan and gifts. Fr … Continue reading
FOLLOW UP: Buy TLM learning materials for a “baby priest”
Do you remember that some time ago I asked you to pitch in and buy some resources for a “baby priest” who wanted to learn the Extraordinary Form? HERE You really stepped up. You put into his hands what he … Continue reading
More on Brentwood Butler and revolt against the ICEL translation
A little while ago, a priest of the Diocese of Brentwood (UK), Fr. Michael Butler – director of the diocesan commission for liturgy, sent a letter to the priests of that diocese, and to the über-liberal, dissident weekly publication The … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z KUDOS, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, The Drill
Tagged D. Brentwood, dissent, Fr Michael J. Butler, Fr. Hunwicke, ICEL, language, Latin, liberals, liturgy, translation
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The New Evanglization moves forward: A priest’s 1st TLM!
At the blog Voice in the Wilderness, Fr. Shawn P. Tunink describes his experience of saying Mass in the older, traditional form of the Roman Rite for the first time. Every Latin Church priest ought to be able to celebrate … Continue reading
Archbp. Cordileone establishes “Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship”
For your Brick by Brick file, I was sent a link to an entry at Catholic San Francisco about a new liturgical institute established by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. Archbishop explains goal of new liturgical institute On the eve of the … Continue reading
VIDEO: A bishop publicly dumps Pope Benedict
I was sent a link to a video with some of an interview by Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, who is presently rector of my old school, the Pontifical Lateran University. dal Covolo, an SDB (aka Socio di Bertone aka Salesian) … Continue reading
Plenary Indulgences for particular days by Fr. F
I highly recommend a blog post on indulgences by my good friend, His Hermeneuticalness, the great Dean of Bexley and p.p. of Blackfen, the unabashedly Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist, Fr. Tim Finigan. HERE A sample with my emphases and comments: […] [T]there are many … Continue reading
JUST TOO COOL – UK: Priest buys lost Van Dyck for £400
You just never know what you might have in your attic or find in a shop. From Express: Antiques Roadshow discovery: Van Dyck masterpiece bought for just £400 is worth £400,000 A PORTRAIT bought for £400 has been revealed as … Continue reading
