Dunno ... does the Sacred Congregation of whatever still allow the Irish to celebrate S Patrick in preference to a Sunday in Lent/Passiontide? Might you wish …
I believe that Ireland still preempts Lenten Sundays with St. Patrick’s feast. It is only transferred if during Holy Week, to the Monday following the …More
I believe that Ireland still preempts Lenten Sundays with St. Patrick’s feast. It is only transferred if during Holy Week, to the Monday following the Octave of Easter. This happened in 2008.
Soon he came in sight of a tall wooden Cross, which in better days, had been a religious emblem, but had served in latter times to mark the boundary between two contiguous parishes. The …
Julia Hamilton-Udny, daughter of Robert 11th Lord Belhaven, married Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan. He was an atheist and a humanist and an anthropologist; he was a member …
Otac i sin katolik mole krunicu na koljenima u glavnom gradu Hrvatske Zagrebu. Ovako možemo spasiti zapadnu civilizaciju. Prema studiji: Kad tata prvi dođe Kristu, 93 posto obitelji će ga slijediti.
I learned quite a time ago the importance of looking through the stuff at the beginning of liturgical books. I was fortunate enough to have come into possession of the (the …
"Wandregesilius was Abbot of Fontenelle, near Rouen, and how he came to be commemorated at Bixley [in Norfolk] is something of a puzzle." Well, I thought that was quite funny. Sorry …
Dr R F Littledale, the continuator of John Mason Neale's four-volume commentary on the (Coverdale) psalter, had a bit of a temptation to want to educate the (Anglican) clergy. So,…
I think a change has been made in the way documents of the Dicastery for the Doctine of the Faith are presented. And not a change for the better. In the old days, these documents …
It's a little while until March 1, so I'm sneaking in with a query seeking information in good time ... it concerns the liturgical observance ... or not ... of S David, in accordance …
In the first half of this piece, I demonstrated the shifty treatment which an old prayer received at the hands of the liturgists of 1943. I also wished to suggest to you …
Edward Myers, titular Bishop of Lamus and Vicar Capitular of Westminster, sat at his desk to deal with his correspondence on June 10 1943 ... the Thursday, Octave day, after the …
In the autumn of 1745, things may have looked good, especially in Scotland. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales and our future King Charles III, bearing a Commission of …
Earlier today I posted a slight piece on Slavery. Now I reprint a slightly more substantial post from 2021. G K Chesterton reminded us of all the Christian Galley Slaves whose freedom followed …
Quite close to Mrs Fletcher in Dorchester Abbey under the stones of the Abbey, is the memorial tablet to Michel Desvalpons (ob March 1798). He was archdeacon and Vicar General of Dol …
Ja globalisten hebben tot doel om door massamigratie de nationale identiteit van de Nederlandse bevolking te vernietigen. Daarna kunnen zij een wereld …More
Ja globalisten hebben tot doel om door massamigratie de nationale identiteit van de Nederlandse bevolking te vernietigen. Daarna kunnen zij een wereld dictatuur oprichten. Het zijn de ideeën die overeenkomen met de Denkbeelden van het Nationaal socialisme van Adolf Hitler.
"Candle Mass" ... Like me, I expect that many readers have been intrigued by medieval illustrations showing the Server, "clerk", at Low Mass lifting up two candles. Jungmann …
Christ Jesus, who , though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a …