For Purity and Tradition in Catholicism
J.M.J.
Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine’s
The Church’s Year
INSTRUCTION ON THE FESTIVAL OF THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD
At the Introit the Church sings the words which were spoken by the
angels to the apostles and disciples, after the Ascension of our
Lord:
INTROIT Ye men of Galilee, why wonder you, looking up to heaven?
allel
LOVE ALONE MATTERS!
(Sr. Mary Francisca)
The blessed Cross has but one purpose and that is to empty our hearts of worldliness and self, that we may be filled to overflowing with the love of Jesus Christ.
Nothing else in life will have mattered, neither what we possessed nor what we became nor what we had accomplished.
Martyrology-May 18th
Roman Martyrology-May 18th- on this date in various years-
At Camerino, the holy martyr Venantius, who, at fifteen years of age, along with ten others, ended a glorious ordeal by being beheaded under Emperor Decius and the governor Antiochus.
The birthday of St. John I, pope and martyr, who was called to Ravenna by the Arian king of Italy, Theodoric, and died there after being in… More...
(JTA) — A bishop for a traditionalist Catholic breakaway group said the relationship between Jews and Christians is a fundamentally antagonistic one.
Jews “see in Christianity the cause of their situation today,” Bishop Bernard Fellay, the Society of St. Pius X’s superior general, told the Catholic News Service this week. “If you think of what happened to them during World War II, they claim that the fault or the… More... | 2 Comments
The SSPX and the Electronic Grapevine
Document leaks fuel speculation about schism within the SSPX on the eve of major CDF meeting.
Michael J. Miller
May 16, 2012
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/1349/the_sspx_and_the_electronic_grapevine.aspx
A letter by the General Superior of the Society of St. Pius X clarifying his response to Rome’s Doctrinal Preamble was submitted to the Vatican on April 17 and now awaits review on May 16 by the “Wednesday meeting”… More...
What Is Georgetown’s Public Policy Institute [the group behind Sebelius' invite]?
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/what-is-georgetowns-public-policy-institute/
The notorious invitation to “pro-choice’” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that has caused so much grief at Georgetown University originated inside the Jesuit institution’s Public Policy Institute (GPPI), a top-ranked (here) graduate program that awards advanced degrees and is no stranger to hosting “pro-choice” commencement day speakers: Senator Mary Landrieu was GPPI’s keynoter last year.
But… More...
Here’s what I wrote to one of our members who was inquiring about emial and IP addresses being available to the person who creates a post:
This is interesting. I thought only I was seeing that info because I’m the admin. I’ve looked into the matter further.
It turns out that wordpress gives everyone who is an “author” (the default status given when a new user joins) the ability
Update: here is a link to what appears to be an original english version.
MAY 16, 2012
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has considered the last response Fellay and the positions of the other bishops of the Fraternity. The next day the dossier on the table of Pope
Chronicles Magazine
by Patrick J. Buchanan
May 11, 2012
It took Joe Biden’s public embrace of same-sex marriage to smoke him out.
But after Joe told David Gregory of Meet the Press he was “absolutely comfortable” with homosexuals marrying, Barack Obama could not maintain his credibility with the cultural elite if he stuck with the biblical… More... | 2 Comments
Meet the ‘Experts’: Rev. Thomas P. Doyle
http://www.themediareport.com/2012/05/15/rev-thomas-p-doyle-op/
Reliable, professional Church-basher: Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, O.P.
[This is first in a continuing series of profiles of individuals whom the media often cites in its coverage of the Catholic Church abuse narrative.]
When the media is seeking a voice to blast away at the Catholic Church over the sex abuse… More...
President Obama’s Allies Take on CNS
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/president-obamas-allies-take-on-cns/
Political organizations tied to the Democratic Party–including MoveOn.org and a leading Catholic-left organization–are on the warpath against the Cardinal Newman Society.
In an email distributed today by the left-wing advocacy group MoveOn.org to its Washington, D.C.-area members, Michael Sherrard of Faithful America denounced The Cardinal Newman Society as “a powerful network of right-wing Catholics.” He announced a petition hosted by… More...
Vatican laicizes Canadian bishop convicted of importing child porn
May. 16, 2012
By Catholic News Service
OTTAWA, Ontario — Raymond Lahey, the retired bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, who was convicted of importing child pornography, has been laicized by the Vatican, said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
A statement on the CCCB website Wednesday said the conference learned from the Vatican that “Raymond Lahey has been… More...
Cardinal Ranjith wants his seminary run by the SSPX… More... | 2 Comments
First Day:
Almighty and eternal God, Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given us forgiveness of all our sins, vouchsafe to send forth from heaven upon us Thy sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge and
Found an absolutely fascinating thread on Ignis Ardens at http://z10.invisionfree.com/Ignis_Ardens/index.php?showtopic=9446 .
Here is the critical post. It comes from “Dumb Ox” :
The real governing body of SSPX is its priests and its General Chapter.
This is because SSPX is not a legally constituted organization within the Church.
It is merely a voluntary association of Catholic priests without religious vows.
From 1970-1975, in a trial… More... | 6 Comments
Just a heads up in case anyone is wondering why things still get funky every now and then. Still getting the bugs out, adding stuff, taking stuff out etc. Looks like we’re well on our way to a new home. Most of the members are telling me that they like they REALLY like the new digs once they get used to it. I didn’t at first, but now I’m just… More... | 20 Comments
[Obama hires ex-Catholic for 'faith outreach']
In face of faith-based attacks, Obama campaign hires faith outreach director
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/15/in-face-of-faith-based-attacks-obama-campaign-hires-faith-outreach-director/
Washington (CNN) – Just as it confronts fallout with some religious communities over President Barack Obama’s newly expressed support for same-sex marriage, the Obama re-election campaign is hiring a religious outreach director, it confirmed Tuesday.
Michael Wear, who currently serves as executive assistant to the executive director of the… More... | 2 Comments
Organized religion ‘is where all the trouble comes from’: [Catholic] DePaul commencement speaker
by Ben Johnson
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/depaul-commencement-speaker-favors-population-control-opposes-oppressive-or
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, May 15, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The nation’s largest Catholic university will feature a commencement speaker who believes “the rest of life would benefit enormously” from the extinction of mankind, considers Christianity “the most dangerous of devotions,” and boasted about weakening the “dissolutive, oppressive institutions of organized religion.”
The cardinal’s silence continues…
By Phil Lawler | May 16, 2012
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/the-city-gates.cfm?id=297
Following up on an editorial in the archdiocesan newspaper, the Archdiocese of Washington has issued a statement on Georgetown’s commencement invitation to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The archdiocese understands the “concerns, objections, and even outrage” that the invitation has caused. The situation is “shocking” and “especially distressing,” the statement allows. “It is also understandable that Catholics… More...
CNS Sends More Than 26,000 Signatures to Georgetown Opposing Invitation to HHS Secretary Sebelius
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/cns-sends-more-than-26000-signatures-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/
The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DiGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a diploma ceremony this Friday.
Bishops Respond Strongly to Obama Administration’s “Accommodation” on HHS Mandate
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/16/bishops-respond-strongly-to-obama-administrations-accommodation-on-hhs-mandate/
Catholic colleges and universities hoping that the Obama administration’s proposed “accommodation” to the HHS contraceptive mandate might be acceptable to the U.S. bishops got some bad news yesterday.
The USCCB publicly rejected the “compromise” to the administration’s HHS contraceptive mandate, saying it serves “no public good” and doesn’t do nearly enough to protect religious liberty… More...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Communique on the Society of St. Pius X
Vatican City, 16 May 2012 (VIS) – Early this afternoon, the Holy See Press Office issued the following communique regarding the Society of St. Pius X:
“As reported by news agencies, today, 16 May 2012, an Ordinary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith met to discuss the question of the Society of… More... | 3 Comments
Hi folks,
I did a two hour radio segment with a local secular talk radio host in Altoona PA on May 4th. We covered ground that is old news to everyone here on AQ, but it was amazing that we were able to say these things on a secular talk radio station without censorship, and with a receptive host. The host is a recent convert to the Faith and I’m… More...
USCCCP renews call for nuclear arms reduction [previously in early March (see below)]
CWN – May 16, 2012
An official of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, joined by representatives of arms control groups and the Union of Concerned Scientists, met with a deputy national security advisor on May 7 and presented him with a petition calling for nuclear arms reduction.
The petition urged President Barack… More...
Controversy continues as Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years
http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=1ec36b4d-47cd-48c7-8646-c5713f6562d4
The following excerpts come from a May 11 story of Catholic News Agency.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Girl Scouts of the USA is continuing to fall under scrutiny for its alleged connections to groups that promote abortion, contraception and homosexuality.
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on… More...
It’s said that it’s not good to apply the modern world to tradition, but it IS good to apply tradition to the modern world.
The singing is other-worldly… More... | 3 Comments
On federal spending, the US bishops’ advice fails a moral test
By Phil Lawler | May 15, 2012
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=911
Do the American Catholic bishops think it’s morally acceptable to bounce checks? Because that’s what will happen, you know, if Congress follows the bishops’ advice on federal spending.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has repeatedly criticized proposed budget cuts in federal spending, without suggesting alternative ways to… More...
Liberal Catholics, taking care of their own
By Phil Lawler | May 15, 2012
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/the-city-gates.cfm?id=295
From the one-hand-washes-the-other department:
Georgetown University is honoring Kathleen Sebelius, and Commonweal magazine is honoring Georgetown’s President John DeGioia, presenting him with the “Catholic in the Public Square” award.
With straight faces, Georgetown officials will tell you that they’re not honoring Sebelius in order to thumb their noses at the Catholic… More...
But the Georgetown issue could be worse…
By Dr. Jeff Mirus | May 15, 2012
http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/the-city-gates.cfm?id=296
Phil Lawler rightly notes Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s lack of backbone in doing anything about Georgetown’s invitation of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at commencement (Cardinal Wuerl’s silence on Sebelius: disappointing, not surprising). Nonetheless, it would seem that important messages are being sent by both sides.
First, the very invitation to… More...
Statement from Washington Archdiocese: Sebelius at Georgetown Shows “Disregard for Bishops”
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/15/washington-archdiocese-sebelius-at-georgetown-shows-disregard-for-bishops/
The Archdiocese of Washington has issued a statement calling Georgetown University’s invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at the Jesuit university on commencement day “unfortunate” and revealing an “apparent lack of unity with and disregard for the bishops.”
[Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com]… More...
Martyrology-May 17th
Roman Martyrology-May 17th- on this date in various years-
For 2012 On Mount Olivet, the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.
At Villareal in Spain, St. Paschal of the Order of Friars Minor, confessor. He was a man remarkable for innocence of life and the spirit of penance, whom Pope Leo XIII declared to be the heavenly patron of Eucharistic Congresses and of societies formed to… More...
http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2012/05/traditionalists-and-rome-strike-contrasting-notes-jews
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service
MENZINGEN, Switzerland (CNS) — Of all the controversies associated with the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, no topic provokes stronger reactions inside or outside the church than the question of the society’s attitude toward Jews.
In 2009, after Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunications of all four of the society’s bishops, there was widespread… More... | 1 Comment
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/cold-feet-match-between-rome-and-lefebvrists
May. 14, 2012
By John L Allen Jr
ROME — Cold feet, of course, are fairly common before any wedding. It’s thus probably no surprise that as Rome and the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, popularly known as the “Lefebvrists,” prepare to walk down the aisle, important voices on both sides of the match are having some second thoughts.
Leaked correspondence shows that three of… More... | 3 Comments
Franciscan University of Steubenville to Drop Student Health Insurance
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/15/franciscan-university-of-steubenville-to-drop-student-health-insurance/
Franciscan University of Steuvenville just announced that it will no longer offer student health insurance because of the Obama administration’s HHS contraceptive mandate that would require Catholic colleges to cover contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilization procedures.
“The Obama Administration has mandated that all health insurance plans must cover ‘women’s health services’ including contraception, sterilization, and abortion-causing medications… More... | 2 Comments
[National Catholic] Register Editorial: Georgetown Can’t Play Dumb on Significance of Sebelius Invitation
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/15/register-editorial-georgetown-cant-play-dumb-on-significance-of-sebelius-invitation/
The National Catholic Register isn’t buying what it describes as a Georgetown University administrator’s effort to “downplay the significance” of hosting “pro-choice” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a commencement day speaker at the Jesuit institution.
[Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com]
A Register editorial… More...
Oh Immaculate Virgin, Mother of God and our Mother Mary, thou sees the attacks that are everywhere made by the devil and the world upon the Catholic Faith, in which, by God’s grace, we wish to live and die in order that we may attain to eternal glory. Do thou, the Help of Christians, renew thine ancient
Georgetown Defends Sebelius Pick with Misleading Statement
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/15/georgetown-defends-sebelius-pick-with-misleading-statement/
Georgetown University has finally issued an official response to the controversy surrounding the Jesuit institution’s invitation to “pro-choice” HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius, architect of the HHS mandate the U.S. bishops oppose as a threat to religious liberty, to speak on commencement day this Friday.
[Tell Georgetown to withdraw the invite to Sebelius - sign the petition at GeorgetownScandal.com]… More...
Loyola Jesuit Explains to Nancy Pelosi Why Catholicism Doesn’t “Compel” Support for Same-Sex “Marriage”
http://blog.cardinalnewmansociety.org/2012/05/15/loyola-jesuit-explains-to-nancy-pelosi-why-catholicism-doesnt-compel-support-for-same-sex-marriage/
Father Robert John Araujo, S.J. of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law took on minority leader Nancy Pelosi and certain theologians for their support of same-sex “marriage.”
Last week, Pelosi stated that her Catholicism “compels” her not to discriminate and therefore to support same-sex “marriage.”
Serv, was my post of the blog article “Krass, der Grass” by Maximilian Krah put in the Trash administratively? If so, perhaps it should be deleted permanently. If not, I must have mistakenly trashed the post myself and will need to restore it… More... | 2 Comments
Another Legionary priest caught in scandal
May. 15, 2012
By John L Allen Jr
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/another-legionary-priest-caught-scandal#comment-331838
A high-profile American priest in the Legionaries of Christ has acknowledged having had a sexual relationship with a woman and fathering her child, adding another chapter to the growing scandals surrounding the controversial religious order.
Fr. Thomas Williams, known for his work as a TV commentator and popular spiritual writer and speaker… More... | 2 Comments
By Francis X. Rocca
The Boston Pilot
May 14, 2012
Link to original
Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior of the Society of St. Pius X, is pictured near a photo of Pope Benedict XVI at the society’s headquarters in Menzingen, Switzerland, May 11. Bishop Fellay acknowledged there could be a split in the breakaway society if it decides to reconcile with
Whom do the Neocatechumencals catechize? I thought they are in the vanguard of the New Evangelization.
30 New York Rabbis Hear Neocatechumenal Way Choir
Symphonic-Catechetical Initiative Part of Way’s Efforts to Foster Dialogue With [But Not Conversion of the] Jews
By Alvaro de Juana
http://www.zenit.org/article-34775?l=english
NEW YORK, MAY 14, 2012 (Zenit.org).- On May 8, the Orchestra and Choir of the Neocatechumenal Way performed in New York’s prestigious More...
Out of the closet came Obama
Exclusive: Les Kinsolving asks, why not marriage for the incestuous and zoophiliacs?
Published: 5/15/12
by Les Kinsolving
http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/out-of-the-closet-came-obama/
Les Kinsolving hosts a daily talk show for WCBM in Baltimore. His radio commentaries are syndicated nationally. He is White House correspondent for WND. His show can be heard on the Internet 9-11 p.m. Eastern each weekday. Before going into broadcasting, Kinsolving was More...
The Nine Prayers of Holy Mass That Forgive Venial Sins
Posted By Brian Kelly On May 14, 2012
There are nine prayers in the Ordinary of the traditional Latin Mass that may be efficacious for the forgiveness of venial sin. This depends, of course, on the sentiments of contrition inhering in the heart of the worshiper who is offering the prayers along with the celebrant as he follows More... | 1 Comment
What Is an “Honorary” Award?
By James V. Schall, S.J.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/what-is-an-qhonoraryq-award.html
Each year, controversy arises about the honorary awards that universities give to individuals judged worthy to receive them on the basis of a criterion of excellence. Scenes of students or faculty sitting with backs to invited speakers abound. Yet no one can logically “honor” himself. It is something for others to do. The More...
SSPX: The founder is keeping watch
by Côme de Prévigny – Taken From Rorate Caeli
“The four Lefebvrist bishops split,” Le Figaro says in its headline. And, it must be said, the division has never seemed so apparent since they were consecrated by Abp. Marcel Lefebvre, on June 30, 1988. Only apparently, because, at times, the internal differences have been pronounced, but they have not More... | 1 Comment
From: 8 NCReporter Headlines I Hope To Never See
May 9, 2012
by thelarryd
http://actsoftheapostasy.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/8-ncreporter-headlines-i-hope-to-never-see/
Here’s what I wrote to one of our members who was inquiring about emial and IP addresses being available to the person who creates a post:
This is interesting. I thought only I was seeing that info because I’m the admin. I’ve looked into the matter further.
It turns out that wordpress gives everyone who is an “author” (the default status given when a new user joins) the ability to see that information. The idea is to give every author control over their thread and know who is posting to it.
It can be changed, but it would take a lot of coding and changing the structure of the platform, which could cause trouble down the road. All that said, I’m starting to wonder if it might not be a good idea to keep it as is.
So, what I’ve decided to do for now (at least RIGHT now) is change the default user status – when they join – from “author” to “contributor.” We have now plenty of “authors” posting lots of content.
We can demote those “authors” who cause problems can be demoted, and others who are good “contributors” can be promoted to author.
In other words, this platform kind of makes the “author” of he post a king. He can control his posts, see the IP and email of the contributor, remove comments etc.
I was sort of taken aback by this (I wasn’t aware of these aspects), but I’m starting to warm to the idea of having over 100 “authors” entirely in control of their content. Almost like mini admins.
Then again, 100 is enough. This is why from now on, anyone who joins will default to “contributor.” They can only be promoted to “author” on a case-by-case basis. Conversely, “authors” who abuse their privileges or mishandle the leeway they’ve been given will be demoted to “contributor” on a case by case basis. New members will still be able to comment on threads, but not start new ones.
As an aside, the moderators – Tim, ecs220 (no you DIDN’T get rid of him in the changeover) and Tom are what’s called “editors.” They can change or delete nearly anything.
So, those of you who got in on the ground floor of the new building are the early birds who got the worm. Perhaps those who were more eager to get here will be better thread starters/content bringers? I would very much tend to think that the case.
You - the first hundred here - are the masters of your content. LET’S DO THIS.
Just a heads up in case anyone is wondering why things still get funky every now and then. Still getting the bugs out, adding stuff, taking stuff out etc. Looks like we’re well on our way to a new home. Most of the members are telling me that they like they REALLY like the new digs once they get used to it. I didn’t at first, but now I’m just loving nearly everything about this.
Nevermind that it’s made nearly ALL of our tech issue disappear, this paltform just looks, feels and acts like we took a giant leap forward. Thank you God.
If you have any bug reports, feedback, questions, suggestions, compliments post them here… I’ll check back from time-to-time.
