A Treasure To Be Shared

In the struggle against evil, some news worth repeating. Edward Pentin reported: A group of priests has issued a plea to all the world’s bishops to “reaffirm Christ’s teaching” in the face of today’s “pastoral crisis” in the Catholic Church.  Here is their/our plea. A Pastoral Appeal to the Bishops for an Apostolic Reaffirmation of the Gospel (Official Text) http://www.curapastoralis.org/ Good Shepherd Sunday 22 April 2018 Your Eminence or Your Excellency, As priests ordained to assist in the pastoral care of God’s people, we write to request your help in dealing with a mistaken approach to the Christian moral life that we frequently encounter and that grievously harms those misled by it. We believe much of the damage could be healed or mitigated if you were to reaffirm Christ’s teachings and to correct those errors with the full authority of your apostolic office. Doing so would benefit those entrusted to your care as a diocesan bishop, and as...

The Gospel and the Catholic Church: Anglican Patrimony Today Anglican Patrimony Conference:  http://www.anglicanpatrimony.co.uk/ Oxford / 25 - 26 April 2018 Anglican Patrimony: A Perspective from the Holy See Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, OP Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Excerpt Scroll down for complete article. It is massively important to recognize that the liturgical books comprised by Divine Worship (i.e., the Mass of the Ordinariate) arise from an exercise of Peter’s authority over the churches that recognizes the authentic faith of the Church expressed in Anglican forms of worship and confirms that expression as a treasure or patrimony for the whole Church . In other words, the universal Church recognizes the faith that is already hers expressed felicitously in another idiom. The elements of sanctification and truth that are present in the Anglican patrimony are recognized as properly belonging to the Church of Christ and thus as i...

Material adapted or cited verbatim from: The Catholic Encyclopædia Wikipedia Fish Eaters The Litany (p.1061: Divine Worship: the Missal) Antiphon 19.2 (2015) 116–131 A Missal for the Ordinariates: The Work of the Anglicanae Traditiones Interdicasterial Commission, by Steven J. Lopes; p. 129-130. - - - Rogation days are days of prayer, and formerly also of fasting, instituted by the Church to appease God's anger at man's transgressions, to ask protection in calamities, and to obtain a good and bountiful harvest, known in England as "Gang Days" and "Cross Week", and in Germany as Bittage, Bittwoche, Kreuzwoche. Rogation days are observed with processions and the Litany. The word rogation comes from the Latin verb rogare , meaning "to ask", which reflects the beseeching of God. The Minor Rogation Days are of French origin, coming about in the 5th c., when St. Mamertus, Bishop of Vienne, Dauphiné instituted them after a series of...

As reported here a few days ago, the Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman (Victoria, BC) hosted His Excellency Steven Lopes on the occasion of his first pastoral visit to our community, a community of the Personal Ordinariate of The Chair of St Peter, of which Bishop Lopes is the Ordinary. Bishop Lopes gave a stirring homily on the readings for the Sixth Sunday in Easter. Given this Sunday was the first time we have served Mass with a bishop, we now have a better grasp on how to serve Mass with a bishop. Also, it was a first serving Mass concelebrated by our resident priests and the bishop. Despite a few liturgical curveballs, though nothing outside the rubrics, the expanding altar server team managed to avoid any major collisions or omissions. An honour guard consisting of six Knights of Columbus welcomed the procession. Thank you, Knights! The Choir, assisted by a couple of familiar guests, gave an excellent presentation of the music of the Liturgy. Bishop Lop...

You may have heard—muslim immigrants in Europe are converting to Christianity. Compared to other groups' processes for baptizing immigrants, the Catholic process for reception into the Church is appropriately thorough ( see article below * ), intended to ensure that converts are truthful about their convictions. Furthermore, the Catholic Church ensures that no compulsion enters into the conversion process. Immigrants enter freely into communion with Jesus Christ and His Church. No material/financial enticements are offered to immigrants to convert. While the corporal and spiritual works of mercy are offered to immigrants, no expectation of conversion exists. While many Europeans have rejected Christianity and have lost their collective identity, newcomers arrive with fresh eyes and ears and are enthusiastically embracing the hope-filled message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Grateful for the hope and joy the Gospel brings, immigrants are willingly discovering the Gospel ...

(B)ut I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren —St. Luke 22:32 In light of Holy Scripture, consider the Catholic World News report . May 04, 2018 Pope Francis has declined to rule on the validity of a policy approved by the German bishops’ conference , which would allow non-Catholic spouses of Catholics to receive Communion. The policy was approved by a majority of the German bishops, but a substantial minority objected , and seven German bishops wrote to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) asking for clarification on whether the policy was in line with Church teaching. At a May 3 meeting at the Vatican, Archbishop Luis Ladaria, the prefect of the CDF, told a delegation of the German hierarchy that the Holy Father wished them to continue discussion of the issue among themselves, hoping for “a possibly unanimous arrangement.” During their visit to Rome, the German bishops ...

The title of this post was going to be 'Out of Order Chaos', or 'Order Out of Chaos'. In latin, Ordo Ab Chao . An online search produced too many links to freemason websites. Stop right there. The title of this post refers to an article about the state of the Church. Deborah Gyapong has the following interview with George Weigel at the Catholic Register. Edited for Length Click on the Article Title to read the entire article. Debate on Pope's views on marriage and family will unify Church, says Weigel by Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News May 2, 2018 Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) has provoked both praise and criticism from inside and outside the Church since its release in 2016, but George Weigel is confident a unified moral vision will prevail. “Pope Francis has said that the grand strategy of his pontificate is the New Evangelization, as he wrote in Evangelii Gaudium ,” said Weigel, the American author of more than 20 books, inc...

H/T Inland Catholic Byte, Diocese of San Bernardino http://www.icbyte.org/index.php/news/diocesan-news/2025-ordinariate-establishes-presence-in-diocese Edited for Length MURRIETA—Catholics in the Temecula Valley who were brought up in the Anglican tradition have become part of a Roman Catholic community under the jurisdiction of a non-territorial diocese created specifically for those who share that background. Holy Martyrs of England and Wales Catholic Mission has established a presence in Temecula Valley and will begin holding Mass in a Murrieta gymnasium on Pentecost Sunday, May 20. This faith community was formed by several families in the Temecula Valley that had been traveling to Irvine to attend Mass at Blessed John Henry Newman Parish. Holy Martyrs of England & Wales: https://www.hmcatholic.org/ That parish community falls under the jurisdiction of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, a non-territorial diocese that allows communities...

The Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman, Victoria, BC, awaits with eager anticipation the arrival of His Excellency Bishop Steven J. Lopes, Bishop Ordinary of the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. The Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman meets at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 4635 Elk Lake Drive across from the Commonwealth Pool. Saturday, May 5 – St Mary on Saturday (with Baptism) Sung Mattins 8:45 AM Said Mass 9:30 AM Bun fight (tea party) to follow. Sunday, May 6 – Sixth Sunday of Easter (Confirmations) Sung Mattins 8:00 AM Solemn Sung Mass 8:45 AM This is the first visit of Bishop Lopes to Victoria.

Dr. Peter Kwasniewski has a splendid article at the NLM website entitled  Living the Vita Liturgica: Conditions, Obstacles, Prospects. http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2018/04/living-vita-liturgica-conditions.html#.WtbY-iMrLpQ One paragraph among the many helpful sections stands out: Each of us is supposed to be leading a liturgical life, and we need to find or make the right conditions for doing so, and help others to do it. A first and irreplaceable step in awakening the souls of liturgical orphans to the grandeur of divine worship is simply to invite and encourage them to attend the traditional Latin Mass from time to time. There they will experience something strange and uncomfortable, something directed to a transcendent God and not bending over backwards to include and instruct them, something curiously unmodern and even indifferent to its surroundings, yet utterly in earnest. They might get a taste of what adoration, supplication, and repentance feel like. T...