Rumbling On
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Caroline Dinenage has brought the Parliament of the United Kingdom into
international disrepute. She should lose her Select Committee seat, never
mind the ...
The Pope’s Reign and Ruin
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A superbly written article from Brendan Michael Dougherty at National Review which
shows real understanding of the subject matter as well as a flair for
...
Accidents of history
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*Medievalists.net* has an interesting little article about a number of
international boundary curiosities that originate in the medieval era. It
can be se...
24th Sunday of the year
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Feast Day of Padre Pio on Saturday
*Twenty Fourth Sunday Year A. 10th September*
*Mass at 8.30am & 10am. *
*Refreshments served after both Masses *
*...
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Saints' Calendar: Twenty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time
17.9.23 St. Hildegard von Bingen *and* St. Robert Bellarmine
18.9.23 Bl. Józef Kut
19.9.23 St. Janua...
Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 17 September
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*Announcement of the Ember Day fasts, the Feast of Devotion and the
Indulgence*
+ 17 *SUNDAY* Sixteenth after Pentecost PLENARY INDULGENCE The Seven
...
Fr Spadaro takes up education
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Over now to St Bergoglio's Jesuit College, where the head teacher is just
introducing a VERY IMPORTANT PERSON to the primary class.
HT: Now class, I want ...
Rimini: Meeting 2023
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This August sees the 44th edition of the Meeting for Friendship among
Peoples, held in the Adriatic resort of Rimini. Though not strictly
speaking an ac...
Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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The following sermon relates to the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus
Christ (Matthew Ch.17 v. 1-9), which this year was celebrated on the 6th
August....
Hannibal, Cyrus, and lessons in followship
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Back in 2003 Toni Morrison met Peter Olson, the then CEO of Random House,
at that year’s Book Expo America, and mentioned having watched a
documentary on t...
Fall Sacred Music Workshop 2023: October 12-14
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Join the Church Music Association of America for an enriching and
transformative experience at the Fall Sacred Music Workshop for Chant and
Polyphony. Taki...
Lateen Turkey
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Inspired by pix of lateen-rigged fishing craft that my wife linked me to,
and other such working boats in the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean;
and ra...
Equality by C.S. Lewis
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I am a democrat because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people
are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic
enthusiasm desc...
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...
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Good Friday
*Quid ultra debui facere tibi, et non feci? Ego quidem plantavi te vineam
meam speciosissimam: et tu facta es mihi nimis amara: aceto namq...
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...
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