Beautiful photo from Holy Communion

From Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s blog http://wdtprs.com/blog/

Latin Midnight Mass makes a comeback

By Lisa Weighton. VicNews.com

“In 2007, four decades after Latin mass was widely discontinued, Pope Benedict XVI revitalized it by allowing any priest to say the Mass.

“Father Alex MacLellan of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church jumped at the chance, and now heads the only church in the Victoria diocese that has a Latin Mass.”

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Vatican defends naming Pius XII Venerable

From Zenit

“A Vatican spokesman today said that Pope Pius XII has been declared “venerable” because he is a model for Christian life, not because of the historical decisions he made.

“Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, offered a statement to Vatican Radio today in response to Benedict XVI’s declaration Saturday recognizing the heroic virtue of Pius XII.”

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Archbishop Schnurr takes over archdiocese of Cincinnati

 

From cincinnati.com

“The Rev. Dennis M. Schnurr, coadjutor archbishop of Cincinnati since October 2008, has succeeded Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk as leader of the 19-county Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the archdiocese announced Monday.”

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Archbishop Sheen’s remains could return to Peoria

By Phil Luciano, Peoria (IL) Journal-Star

“Will Roman Catholics in Peoria and New York City battle over the remains of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen?

“That’s a possibility, if Sheen becomes a saint – an effort spearheaded by the Peoria Diocese.

“Sheen, who died 30 years ago this month, is buried in a crypt under the altar at historic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. However, if the El Paso native is canonized, Catholic custom would give the Peoria diocese a claim to exhume Sheen’s remains and reinter them here at St. Mary’s Cathedral.”

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Bulletin for Sunday, Dec. 20

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

Christmas Day & New Years Day Latin Mass Schedule:

Friday, Dec. 25. Christmas Morning: 7:00 AM at Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Friday, Jan. 1. New Years Day (evening): 7:00 PM at Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Sunday, Jan. 31. Feast Day of St John Bosco: Mark your calendar and join us at Our Lady of Mt Carmel for celebrating the feast day of our patron saint with a Solemn High Mass and an after Mass pitch-in dinner. See below for the Saturday (Jan 30th) evening’s Speaker Series event which is the evening before Sunday Mass.

The Speaker Series is here. Just some of the Speaker Series events for 2010:

• January 30, 2010 at 6 PM: Clear your social calendar for Saturday evening with speaker Father Robert Fromageot, FSSP as recently seen on EWTN. Father will speak at Our Lady of Mt Carmel in the St Thomas Aquainas room below the church.

• March: Lenten Recollection with the North Central Indiana’s very own favorite home town boy, Father Roberto Cano, FSSP with a Sol-emn High Mass to follow and pitch-in dinner.

• May: The speaker series continues with well known Father Gregory Pendergraft, FSSP, Executive Director of Development for the Priestly Society of St Peter (FSSP) in North America with a Solemn High Mass followed by pitch-in dinner.

Pius XII & John Paul II

 

His Holines Pope Pius XII

 

Laudetur Jesus Christus

This morning in Rome, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decrees recognizing the heroic virtues of the Servants of God Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) and John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła).

Number of cardinals eligible to vote for Pope drops

Vatican City, Dec 18, 2009 / 04:05 pm (CNA).- Vatican Radio reported today that yet another cardinal has reached the age of retirement.  Cardinal Jozef Glemp, Archbishop-emeritus of Warsaw, turned 80 on Friday and is thus ineligible to vote for the next Pope as a member of the College of Cardinals.

When cardinals reach this ‘ceiling’ age their vote is no longer considered in the election of a new Pope by the College of Cardinals.  This decision was laid out in the Apostolic Constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis” of 1996, in which John Paul II reinforced the decision of Pope Paul VI to forbid the vote of a cardinal of 80 years of age or more. 

“The reason for this provision is the desire not to add to the weight of such a venerable age the further burden of responsibility for choosing the one who will have to lead Christ’s flock in ways adapted to the needs of the times,” the Apostolic Constitution reads. 

At the same time, the document notes that “This does not however mean that the Cardinals over eighty years of age cannot take part in the preparatory meetings of the Conclave… .”

Cardinal Glemp’s retirement brings the total number of cardinals eligible to vote in elections to 112 and those ineligible for voting to the number 73. There are 185 living cardinals as of Dec. 18.

Vatican Radio also included the statistic that of the eight Polish cardinals, five of them are over 80 years old.

St. John Vianney reminds us of the importance of Confession

“He was known for spending more than half of his day in the confessional. The faithful came from afar to the small city of Ars, France, to pour out their hearts and ask for the Lord’s forgiveness for their sins.

“But such wasn’t always the life of St. Jean-Marie (John) Vianney, a 19th-century French pastor and the world’s patron saint of priests.”

[Note comments from Fr. Bede Price, rector of the oratory of Ss. Gregory and Augustine, which celebrates Mass in the Extraordinary Form solely.]

Complete article.

Bulletin for Sunday 12/13/09

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (GAUDETE SUNDAY)

Christmas Day & New Years Day Latin Mass Schedule:

• Christmas day: 7:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

• New Years Day: 7:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Mass Schedule and Calendar.
(all of the following are at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Mass in the Day Chapel–unless otherwise noted)

Sunday, 12-20, 3:00 p.m. Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
Sunday, Friday, 12-25, 7:00 a.m. Christmas Mass.   *** at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel ***
Friday, 1-1-2010, 7:00 p.m. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Obligation).  *** at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel ***
Sunday, 1-31-2010, 3:00 p.m. Feast of St. John Bosco. Solemn High Mass, pitch-in dinner and guest speaker Father Robert Fromageot, FSSP.

Announcements

Feast Day of St. John Bosco, Sunday, Jan. 31: Please join us for celebrating the feast day of our patron saint with a Solemn High Mass, kick-off for the Speaker Series and after-Mass pitch in.

Did you know about Gaudete Sunday colors? The essential norms dealing with the use of liturgical colors are found in the new General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM), no. 346: “Rose may be used, where it is the practice, on Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent) and on Laetare Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent).

The Speaker Series is back! We are pleased to give you a peek at just some of the Speaker Series events for 2010:

• January. Sunday, 1-31, Feast of St. John Bosco. Pitch-in dinner and Solmen High Mass with speaker Father Robert Fromageot, FSSP (as recently seen on EWTN).

• March. Lenten Recollection with North Central Indiana’s very own native hometown boy, Father Roberto Cano, FSSP. Solemn High Mass to follow, followed by pitch-in dinner.

• May. Father Gregory Pendergraft, FSSP, execvutive Director of Development for the Priestly Society of St. Peter (FSSP) in North America. Solemn High Mass followed by pitch-in dinner.