A little … not so little… project for US Catholic bloggers
Under my entry about the group of political hacks, faux Catholics called Catholic Democrats (aka Sycophantic Toadies), I offered the following: ALL: You will have read in the main entry that Sycophantic Toadies will even write your letter to the editor for you – 250 poisonous words designed to weaken Catholic identity in the public square by attacking strong bishops.How about some of you posting here your own template? Or send them to me by email and I will create an entry from them?Catholic

REVIEW: St. Antoine Daniel Gregorian Chant Ordinaries (and Fr. Z rants)
At what became my home parish back in my native place, on Saturday mornings there was always a modest sung Mass in Latin, with incense and Gregorian chant.  People would file into the chapel and take from a basket to the left of the door a copy of the Kyriale (if they didn’t have one of their own).   A small schola, just three or four of the larger Sunday group, would sing the Propers. The whole congregation sang the Ordinary.  Before Mass the director of the choir would si

New Benedictine Ferula
NLM has this: Tomorrow Pope Benedict will celebrate Pontifical Vespers as the first Vespers of the first Sunday of Advent, which also marks the beginning

“Catholic Democrats” … “Sycophantic Toadies”… take your pick
ust how deeply sycophantic are the political toadies of the group Catholic Democrats? They are worked up about the interchange between Bp. Tobin of Providence and pro-abortion Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI).  The group Catholic Democrats want abortion as part of health care and therefore they can’t stand Catholic bishops who speak out when "Catholics" support abortion. The tactic of Catholic Deomcrats is to turn this into a political issue.  For example, if the Republican Party has a pro-life (anti-abortion) plank, and if a Catholic bishop speaks out when a pro-abortion Democrat sup

Three good posts by Fr. Longenecker on Anglican Provisions
Fr. Dwight Longenencker has three very good recent posts on the Anglican Provisions issue: Women’s Ordination in ContextThe English OrdinariateAnglicanorum coetibus – what next?  Post from: WDTPRS