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Category Archives: Mass
Part One – Calvary and the Mass – The Confiteor
Fr Richard Heilman PART ONE – THE CONFITEOR by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Litt.D. ” Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”-Luke 23:34. The Mass begins with the Confiteor. The Confiteor is a prayer in … Continue reading
A Look at the “Actual Mass” of Vatican II: the 1965 Missal
By: Msgr. Charles Pope A couple of weeks ago I wrote a cautionary article aimed at my traditionally-minded brethren saying, among other things, that we ought to be careful in identifying the Ordinary Form of the Mass (1970 Missal and … Continue reading
Dome of Home documentary
This 25 minute documentary, with contributions from Bishop Mark Davies of the Shrewsbury Diocese, shows how the “Dome of Home” church – the Church of Ss Peter, Paul and Philomena – is thriving under the care of Canon Amaury Montjean … Continue reading
Active Participation
Warm noon-day sunshine streams in through gothic windows, creating a glow in the nave of a church still heavy with incense from the previous Mass. The high altar, dressed in white for Corpus Christi, is ablaze with candles: in addition … Continue reading
Posted in Dominicans, Mass, Spiritual Life, Traditional Mass
Tagged Dominican Rite Mass, Holy Cross Leicester, Sacrosanctam Concilliam
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Bishop of Shrewsbury celebrates Tridentine Mass at Dome of Home
Today the Rt. Rev. Mark Davies, Bishop of Shrewsbury celebrated his first public Tridentine Mass and administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to a group of candidates at the Dome of Home. The liturgy at the landmark church of Ss Peter, … Continue reading
Hymns of Lent 6
“ The Children of the Hebrews spread their garments on the road, crying aloud and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! After the blessing of the palms at … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Music, Catholic Prayers, Latin, Mass
Tagged Alcuin, Palm Sunday, St Andrew of Crete, Theodulf
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New Personal Parish of Blessed John Henry Newman, Melbourne
Tomorrow, 28 March 2014, will mark the canonical establishing of the Personal Parish of Blessed John Henry Newman in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia. The parish will serve all those in the Archdiocese, which is Australia’s largest, wishing to worship in the … Continue reading
A fine word
The Holy Father had something good and important to say yesterday: When we celebrate the Mass, we don’t accomplish a representation of the Last Supper: no, it is not a representation. It is something else: it is the Last Supper … Continue reading
Posted in Benedictines, Catholic Music, Church Politics, Liturgy, Mass, Music, Pope Francis I
Tagged Bad Arguments, Bad Hymns, Good Words, Infighting, Liturgical Reform, Mass, Vatican II
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A perspective on Franciscan humility in the liturgy
English Catholic recently posted this brilliant short piece on his blog: I am so fortunate to live in Hong Kong to be able to worship at a church where they have an unusually humble and inclusive form of liturgy at Mass. There has … Continue reading
LMS Oxford Pilgrimage
Scenes from last year’s pilgrimage This Saturday, 19th October, is the Latin Mass Society’s Oxford Pilgrimage in honour of Oxford’s Catholic Martyrs. For more details please see Dr Shaw’s piece here.
Posted in Church History, Dominicans, Ecumenism, Evangelism, Latin Mass Society, Mass, Mission, New Evangelisation, Traditional Mass
Tagged Bearing Witness to the Faith, Evangelisation, Joe Shaw, LMS, Martyrs, Oxford, TLM
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If you meddle with the Mass, the Papacy will collapse
from: http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2013/09/if-you-meddle-with-mass-papacy-will.html An editorial from Radicati nella Fede: A large part of so-called “conservative” Catholicism is committing a very serious error: in order to save what remains of the Catholic presence in the world, to render the mission of the … Continue reading
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A statement from the Friars of the Immaculate
With thanks to Frere Rabit for pointing this out: “… all others expressing concern about thesituation with FFI, please read the following statement made four hours ago. The source is Fr. Rosario M. Sammarco, fi, who is in charge of … Continue reading
More on the FFI
We are grateful to the journalists who forwarded this article to a member of the team behind this blog. Please read this in the context of this and this. Franciscans of the Immaculate and the crisis within the Church: why … Continue reading
A Brief Update on the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
Further news on the situation with the FFI’s from the horse’s mouth and another perspective here. It seems that the houses that want to celebrate the Old Mass are already seeking permission to do so; we will have to evaluate … Continue reading
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