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Altare Design Liturgical Furniture

This is just a “heads-up” on the new liturgical furniture design business which we mentioned here a while ago.  The owner has notified me that the only hold-up now is that he is waiting for the federal government to issue … Continue reading

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Let’s Pray for the Canonization of Blessed José Luis Sánchez del Río

May 7, 2014 update: Here is the latest development.  All that’s left to do is wait.  See link to our most recent news: Blessed José Sanchez del Rio. May 15, 2013 – Please notice today’s update, below in bold. January … Continue reading

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Pope’s Butler a ‘scapegoat’

What caught my eye in this msnbc report are the last two paragraphs.  It makes me appreciate more, Cardinal Burke. The latest on new Vatican leaks: By M. Alex Johnson, msnbc.com Pope Benedict XVI’s butler, who is under arrest for … Continue reading

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Excerpts from Gary Potter Article – Cristeros

AngelQueen has posted a lengthy and factual account of the Cristiada as written by Gary Potter who relies heavily on the authoritative text of the historian Jean Meyer.  Below are some excerpts which I  found to be especially interesting, but … Continue reading

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Carta de Un Cristero – Letter of a Cristero

He kept the Faith! The following is my translation of a letter (source in Spanish: Mater Castissima) from the Cristero martyr José Maria Fernández, addressed to his beloved wife. It makes one reflect:  How many of us are prepared for … Continue reading

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BREAKING – Contents of the SSPX-Vatican Accord?

From Radio Cristiandad blog (translation of Kankakee TLM):  Radio Cristiandad is in a situation to be able to confirm the following information which sheds many lights (darkness?) on the contents of the canonical statutes which the Vatican has offered the … Continue reading

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I.C.R. in Japan

I lost my few notes for this posting, so I am relying on memory as to what Canon Ueda actually wrote regarding his celebration of the TLM in Tokyo on April 29, 2012. I do remember that he used the … Continue reading

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“Correct them!”

That’s what the good bishop tells us to do when people hold the erroneous belief that in the TLM the priest “turns his back to the people.”   I do hope that if any such misinformed soul should happen to … Continue reading

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THEOLOGY OF THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS #29

With the small piece of the Host, the priest makes the sign of the cross three times over the chalice, then drops It into the Precious Blood. This mingling symbolically denotes that the entire Body, Blood, soul and divinity of … Continue reading

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Eucharistic Procession to Abortion Mill

The following report with photos was sent to us by a friend who participated in the procession and traditional Latin Mass.  No pictures of the Mass are available, but here are some photos of the procession.  Although I knew that … Continue reading

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