What with traveling and all,  I’ve not been keeping up with the Pope’s General Audience talks. He’s continuing his survey of the Church Fathers, something he began on March 7, with Clement of Rome. On July 4 and August 1, he spoke of St. Basil. He began with an outline of Basil’s life and his pastoral achievements:…

Fr. Z has a very interesting discussion going. Actually, it’s not a discussion, it’s more of a “What Did You Hear” type thread in which he has invted people who did not experience the Extraordinary Rite/Classical/Tridentine/ Mass growing up to talk about their introduction to that particular rite and their reactions. It is one of…

Yesterday evening, the Mass in the Extraordinary Form (is that right?…..) was celebrated in St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral in Burlington Vermont. Celebrated by Burlington Bishop Salvatore Matano.  The church was apparently packed – as you can see from the video, and you might want to take a look a the television news report  here. Kudos for reporter…

…to congratulate Bishop Robert Baker of Charleston on being named the new bishop of Birmingham, Alabama. Bishop Baker is a old friend of Michael’s, and he baptized Michael the Toddler in a memorable ceremony in a church in central Ohio that is probably still echoing from then 3 1/2 year old Joseph’s energy burst that…

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