Planning and Skills?
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Oddly enough, Nick Boles took over Quentin Davies's seat. But was Boles a
successful Minister first for Planning and then for Skills? Thanks to him,
are we...
The Second Council of Lyon 1274
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It was on this day in 1274 that Pope Gregory X opened the Second Council of
Lyon. According to Western numbering it is the fourteenth Ecumenical
Council.
...
Daily Rome Shot 1015: Quaeritur and “blind mind”
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From a reader: Now that you are not in Rome and you are not going to
cappuccino and a cornetto, what’s for breakfast? I could have a cappuccino.
I have a g...
A Fairytale Cottage
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I could live here, too. From *Home and Garden*:
It is always exciting – and flattering – for a designer when they are given *carte
blanche* on a project...
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Resurrexit Sicut Dixit! Happy Easter!
Saints' Calendar: Sixth Sunday of Easter
Live Adoration from Tyburn Convent, London
5.5.24 St. Tosca of Verona
6.5.24...
May Crowning on the 6th Sunday of Eastertide
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6th Sunday of Easter 5th May. Year B.
Mass at 8.30am
Mass at 10am
Crowning of the statue of our Lady at the 10am Mass.
A reduced schedule for the wee...
The six Eccles laws
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Spending 23 hours per day on Twitter has enabled me to appreciate some
fundamental truths, which need to be recognised more widely. This post is
less spiri...
καλλιόπη
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This multi-colored jumble of 'helium' balloons looked to both Janet and me
as something that should be in a circus, hence the name Calliope. Left-over
st...
"The Stations of the Cross' by Caryll Houselander.
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Sincere apologies for the long delay in posting on this blogsite
'whitesmokeahoy', I hope to post more frequently in the future. You may
well say that yo...
Things Fell Apart
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In recent months I was able to listen to some of the episodes in the second
series of Jon Ronson's Radio 4 broadcasts/podcasts *Things Fell Apart*. I
hav...
40 Days to Give So Others Might Live This Lent
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We are called Pray, Fast and Give Alms in Lent. This year, the money you
save in Lent could help us to offer women the help they need to keep their
babie...
Arthurian Republicanism: The Holy Roman Empire
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Suscipient autem regnum sancti Dei altissimi, et obtinebunt regnum usque in
saeculum, et saeculum saeculorum. (Daniel 7:18) What happened on Christmas
Day ...
Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 24 December
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*Announcement of the Indulgence, the Holyday and the Feast of Devotion*
+24 *Sunday* Fourth Sunday of Advent, second class. Vigil of the Nativity.
Mass o...
For those who've gone before
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Today being the feast of All Souls, or The Commemoration of All the
Faithful Departed, as my missal has it, it's time to revisit my annual post
where I rem...
Spanish Q&A Session – Oct. 24
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Join the CMAA… …for a question and answer session completely in Spanish on
October 24. This is open to all with free admission – not members only, so
pleas...
CORONATION PRAYER
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In celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III, copies of these
leaflets were recently distributed in our churches. As well as a message
from Card...
Ultimate net zero lunacy?
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The ultimate net zero lunacy is probably de-carbonising and trying to
electrify the entire railway system.
In the first place, the railways in total are n...
Saint Gabriel
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The angels call for our veneration and awe as part of God’s creation. Part
of the destructive modernism of the 1970s included advice to Catholic
school t...
The Pope Who Won't Be Buried
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It has been a long time since I have put finger to keyboard to write about
our holy Catholic Faith, something I regret, but which I put largely down
to ...
A War on Reality (4)
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I concluded my previous post in this series by writing* that is why I have
called this series of posts A War on Reality, for it is the Devil's war.
And I...
Pre-1910 Calendar for 2023
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I have published before a series of blogposts illustrating what the week in
church would have looked like to the Catholic in the pew if the liturgical
ch...
What's happening on the blog?
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It has struck me that, unless I update the blog now, anyone coming to it
out of the ether will encounter a post some two years old and think that I ...
Pro-Life Mass
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We are delighted to let you know our Monthly Pro-Life Mass will go ahead
this month on the usual 3rd Wednesday of the month and we will also
continue to ha...
My favourite bigot
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A quick post to warm-up the blogging fingers: it's time to start writing
again.
While all has been quiet on this blog there have been some excellent ne...
Last Post
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*Sorry for my long absence, I am writing to say that this will be my last
post. Google have forced my hand. They have been asking for my date of
birth...
Progress...
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Photos of the clips below... (in case you're squeamish!)
I really want to thank all of you for your prayers. The surgery on my first
knee took place as ...
Praying with chant
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Beautifully and practically, Stephanie Mann writes on praying with
Gregorian chant.
The post Praying with chant appeared first on Chant Café.
Visit the new “Pause for Faith” YouTube channel
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If you have enjoyed Bridges and Tangents over the last few years, please
visit the new Pause for Faith YouTube channel, for live streaming with Fr
Stephen ...
The Lord’s descent into the underworld
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At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this
'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is about Holy Saturday,
about ...
Railway Stuff
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The Bantry Line
To Baltimore and Schull
To Clonakilty and Courtmacksharry
To Kinsale
Mallow to Fermoy
Michelstown to Fermoy
Cork to Youghal and Cobh
Cork ...
My Blog and Planned Parenthood
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As readers of this blog will know, my main blog and website is now here. I
have kept this blog open because it provides a platform to speak to a wider
audi...
Death of Supertradmum
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Dear Supertradmum, author of the blog Etheldreda's Place, died yesterday.
The news was tweeted by Fr Finigan. Please pray for her soul, and for the
comfort...
Ida Chooses Love
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The film Ida, directed and co-written by Pawel Pawlikowski, was released in
2014 to huge critical acclaim. Shot in black and white under an austere
Polish ...
Patron Saints for Struggling Souls
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If you doubt the work of God in your life, seek a Patron Saint whose life’s
struggles resonate with your own. Look for perseverance over piety, and
then st...
The Chaste Fatherhood of the Priest
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I happened to be in small talk with a parishioner after Mass on Sunday. The
question of hearing confessions in a school that was not only in another
paris...
International declaration on sacred music
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Here at The New Liturgical Movement
The list of over 200 signatories, of which I am one, Here
Still singing.
Today
Asperges
Mass XVII, Credo I
Marian ant...
Ad Orientem... Please?
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Last night we went to Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Charles in Hull.
I am very grateful to Bishop Drainey for allowing this once monthly Mass to
con...
Reconciliation rumours
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I haven't posted for almost a year, but there has been some speculation
that the Society of Such Pious Gents will reconcile with Rome. I therefore
thought ...
Three thoughts
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First thought: whatever this Friday brings, don't lose your peace of soul.
Personally, I suspect we can expect the worst. But so what if that happens?
The ...
Music List for 3rd Sunday in Lent
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INTROIT : Oculi Mei (P.252 Gregorian Missal) MASS XVII GRADUAL : Exsurge
Domine (P. 254 Gregorian Missal) – Female voices Tract – I have lifted up
my eye...
Archives and Forum
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At this point, I have not set up an archives link, as this blog will remain
"up". The link to the forum will be on the new blog under "forum" at the
top me...
Goodbye and God Bless
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I began this Blog back in 2008 when Religious Discrimination laws were just
being introduced in Britain and I have enjoyed using it to explore the
developm...
That Letter - Update
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We now have hundreds of signatures on the letter in support of our priests,
thanks to the many bloggers who carried the letter (see here for a list),
and m...
What I did in the summer… Hospital Chaplaincy
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The bread and butter issues in life are what really matter, not so much the
added extras. At least, that is what I took from my student placement this
su...
REQUIEM MASS FOR RICHARD COLLINS
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A Requiem Mass for Richard Collins will be held on Tuesday 21st October at
12 noon at St David's and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dew Street, 9
...
El Camino con Padre Joe y Señor McSorley
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My dear friend Fr Joseph Lappin and a colleague of his, Mr McSorley a
teacher at St Thomas Aquinas High School in Jordanhill, are walking the 500
miles of ...
Weekend Roundup
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Sunday, 31st of March. 2013.
At the Birmingham Oratory (EF 1100) the* Mass in E* of Leonce de
Saint-Martin. At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1100) Vierne's *Mess...
Congratulations
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...to the Royal couple HRH Prince William Windsor, and Kate Middleton: Duke
& Duchess of Cambridge.
And here's hoping that the Lady will be dressed as s...
Dom Prosper Gueranger on Our Lady's Expectation:
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This feast, which is now kept not only throughout the whole of Spain but in
many other parts of the Catholic world, owes its origin to the bishops of
the t...