Ad Orientem

SVNDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Ad Orientem (Credit: That The Bones You Have Crushed Mary Thrill Blog)

A Priest Takes His Parish East, Ad Orientem!

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Discover This Long Forgotten Path for Growing Closer to God – Chloe Langr, epicPew
Adoration May Seem Useless, but the World Needs It Desperately – Fr. Pereira O.P., CH
A Funeral Mass is More Than a Consoling Memorial – Fr. Matthew Pittam, Cthlc Herald
Consecrated Virginity: The Obscure Glory – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand
Do You Have Your 2018 Ordo? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Some of God’s Greatest Gifts are Unanswered Prayers – Cath. Mendenhall-Baugh, NCRg
Black Elk & the Need for Catechists – Bishop Robert Barron, The Dispatch via The CWR
‘Preaching Forgiveness’ vs. Actually Forgiving – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers Mgzn
A Dozen Simons, One Peter – Peter Darcy, Catholic Stand
The Diaconal Call to Spiritual Martyrdom – Dcn. Rb. T. Yerhot, Homiletic & Pastoral Rvw
Becoming Christ: The 6th Chapter of Romans – Paul Kniaz, Catholic Stand

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MONDAY CULTURÆ EDITION

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Tradition Latin Mass, the Good, True & Beautiful (Credit: Rorate Caeli)

Interview with Dr. Kwasniewski about Discovering the Old Mass, Common Objections, Ad Orientem, Optionitis, Antiquarianism, and More

by New Catholic,

of Rorate Cæli

Edward Pentin’s Talk at the Catholic Identity Conference 2017 – Fr. Z’s Blog
Praise and Worship Music at Mass? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
This Museum has the World’s Largest Rosary Collection – Mitch Finley, Catholic Herald
Funerals and Divine Worship – Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Stables Few Miles Away f/Nazareth – Esparza
Church Bldgs Designed to Allow Light Into Sacred Space – Pacciorini, Oakland Cth Voice
Philosophy Professor Launches International Pro-life Academy – CNA via The CWR
Lakota Who Reconciled His Culture w/Catholicism Made Servant of God – CNS via CH
Built for This: Pontifical Mass in Sant’Apollinare, Ravenna – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli
Catholic Colleges Must Preserve Their True Mission – Todd Nolan, Catholic Stand
Australia’s Former P.M.: Redefining Marriage has Big Consequences – CNA via The CWR
For the L’Affaire Weinandy (6 November AD 2017) click here.
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TVESDAY CULTURÆ EDITION

The Original Modernist Design of the Sanctuary (Credit: Vox Cantoris)

Traditional Latin Mass Movement in Peril in the Diocese of Tulsa

by Laramie Hirsch,

of Vox Cantoris

The Oldest Known Copy of the Our Father – Billy Ryan, uCatholic
3-Dimensional Wooden Crucifix Icon by Francis Koerber – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
New Sacred Music: Recordings and Remarks – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Lit Mov
Seven Ways that the Catholic Church is Catholic – Stephen Beale, Catholic Exchange
Liturgy and Anthropology – Body, Soul, and Spirit – David Clayton, Claritas
The Story Behind “The Mass of Saint Basil” Painting – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
St. Nicholas Feast Day Upgraded in Italy – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Now More Than Ever: Blessed Karl of Austria – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
Liturgy, Authority, and Postmodernity – Dom Alcuin Reid, The Catholic World Report
Tag Yourself: Church Architecture Edition – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic
Santa Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
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THVRSDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Parish Starts ‘Ad Orientem’, Parishioner Whines, Pastor Responds

by Father John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Pope Francis: The Struggle Behind the Curtains – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican
You Went to the Wedding, Now What? – Strahlen Smith, Catholic Stand
3 Powerful Sacramentals to have in Your Home – Phillip Kosloski, Aleteia
Gloria Purvis on What the Church is Doing Right & Where Parishes can Improve – Fr. Guilbeau
Bishop Pat. McGrath’s Lacking Letter on Sacramental Service – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D.
Why Traditional Priestly Cassocks are Making a Comeback – Msgr. Charles Pope, NC Register
Do We Still Care for the Well Being of Priests? – Fr. Ray Blake, Fr Ray Blake’s Blog
Beautiful Video from a Drone Flying Over Lourdes – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Fifty Years of Friendship with Cardinal Pell – George Weigel, The Dispatch via The CWR
Anti-Christian Persecution Gaining Strength in Ireland & Britain – Dónal O’Sullivan-Latchford
Annulments: A Concession to Human Weakness – Deacon Jim Russell, Crisis Magazine
Doctors Boycott British Medical Assoc. Over Abortion Vote – Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald
Roman Concrete, the Roman Rite, and You – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Our Large Family is a Sign of God’s Blessing – Sherry Antonetti, National Catholic Register
Rise in Priest Suicides Prompts Call for Helpline in Ireland – Catholic News Agency
The Falling Away of Humanity from Experiencing God Through Nature – Thomas Clements, IT

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FRIDAY EDITION

Oh No, Look What Trump’s Done: Appointed Someone to Cabinet Who Once Prayed

by Bobby Ross Jr.,

of Get Religion

We Need the Voice of Anthony Esolen – Thomas Clements, Ignitum Today
Who Is Steve Bannon? – Edwards Pentin, National Catholic Register
Have Priests of Malta been Threatened with Suspension if They Resist The Maltese Fiasco? – Z
The Power of The Mass: Why I Remain Catholic – Wendy McMahon, Catholic Stand
Holding President Trump to His Pro-Life Pledges – The Editors, National Catholic Register
Poverty, Children, and Single-Parent Families – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The CWR
When 300% Growth is Not Enough: The Measure of African Evangelization – Phil Lawler, CC
Remembering Kevin Starr, Catholic Historian – Stephen Schwartz, First Things
Joy in Dropping Everything to Follow: 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – John Bergsma Ph.D.
Defunding Planned Parenthood: Community Health Centers Can Fill in the Gap – CNA via NCRg

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SUNDAY EDITION

How One Picture Makes the Case for Ad Orientem

by Brian Williams,

of Liturgy Guy

Journalist Peter Seewald: Benedict Most Misunderstood Personality of Our Time – Paul Senz
More Catholic Facts That Makes You Look Like Smartest Person Ever – Matt Vander Vennet
The Civilization That Is Catholic – Fr. Bevil Bramwell O.M.I., The Catholic Thing
Vapid Goodyness – R.J. Snell Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
Death by Dullness: Prioritizing Speech Over Silence & Song – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
Sacristy Art: It’s the Little Things… – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
The Common Evil: Does It Exist As Well as the Common Good? – Fr. Basil Cole O.P., TaChF
Is the Organ Really a Sacred Instrument? – Joseph P. Swain Ph.D., The Catholic World Report
A Cinematic Rendering of the Ten Commandments – Thomas Van, Catholic Culture
The “Miracle Man of Montréal”? Videos on Saint André Bessette – Justin McClain, epicPew
Simple Ignatius – Ken Kniepmann, Catholic Stand

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FRIDAY ADVENT EDITION

Brick by Brick! Parishes are “Turning Towards The Lord”, Going “Ad Orientem”

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

8 Christmas Songs That Have Nothing To Do With Christmas – Matthew Archbold, N.C. Rgstr
Advent’s 2 Big Marian Feasts Help Us Celebrate Christmas Right – Fr. Ale. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
Waiting While Everything Goes Wrong: 3rd Sunday of Advent – John Bergsma Ph.D., TSP
St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the Christmas Blues – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch
Christmas Gift Guide 2016 – The Editors, National Catholic Register
Brother Orchid: The Seductive Power of Good – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Cthlc
Unique Family Christmas Traditions – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe – Catherine Mendenhall-Baugh, N.C. Register
Pilgrims on Horseback Pay Homage to Mary at Guadalupe Shrine – Joyce Duriga, CH
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Now a Diocesan Shrine in Denver – Carmen Elena Villa, CNA
We Are the Reason for the Season – Birgit Jones, Catholic Stand

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

MotherAngelicaRaymondArroyoMother Angelica’s Funeral Mass, the Triumph of Latin, Chant, and Ad Orientem at EWTN

by Roseanne Sullivan

of New Liturgical Movement

Life in the Pleasure-Dome Makes the Church’s Task Incalculably Difficult – Carl R. Trueman
The Destruction of Childhood – Mitchell Kalpakgian Ph.D., Truth and Charity Forum
The West’s War on the Family – Bruce P. Frohnen J.D., Crisis Magazine
The Lost Defender: King Henry VIII – Ann Casey, Catholic Stand
Book Provides a Deeper Understanding of Catholicism in 20th Century – Eduardo Echeverria
Les Misérables and the Church Militant – Erin Cain, Ignitum Today
Reclaiming the Icon – Keri Wiederspahn, Beauty of Catholicism
Rediscovering the Beautiful – Caroline Roberts, Acton Commentary
Why God Can’t Command Us to Do Evil – Karlo Broussard Ph.D., Catholic Answers
The Saints of August – K.E. Colombini, Crisis Magazine
Peter, Paul, and Collaborative Ministry – Deacon Greg Lambert, Catholic Stand

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WEDNESDAY EDITION

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World Youth Day Poland 201627 Reasons Why World Youth Day Was Definitely the Most Boring Event of the Summer

by Chloe Mooradian

of epicPew

New Name for New Politics Aggregator News Website – Tito Edwards, Big Pulpit
Busting the Myth of Altar Girls and Female Vocations – Liturgy Guy
“Ad Orientem” and the Problems of Modern Church Architecture – Erik Bootsma, The C.W.R.
Taking on the Homosexual Movement – Stephen M. Krason, Crisis Magazine
America’s Lost Boys: Unemployed Men Play Video Games Instead of Work – Samuel D. James
Pp. Francis Wrong to Equate Islamist Terror with Catholic Violence – Fr. Raymond de Souza
List of Members of Vatican’s Commission for Study of Women Deacons – Catherine Harmon
You Can’t Miss World Youth Day Ever Again, Here’s Why – Ryan Mayer, epicPew
How the Abortion Movement Echoes Radical Slavery Rhetoric – Miles Smith, Public Discourse
Capital Courage: Catholic Same-Sex Apostolate Holds Annual Conf. in DC – Charlotte Hays
Vote to Name the New Civilization Website – Tito Edwards, Big Pulpit
After Fr. Hamel’s Murder, France Must Reconnect with Christian Culture – Joseph l’Huillier
Important Pilgrims Take WYD Experience Beyond Kraków & Into Daily Lives – Daisy Powles
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WEDNESDAY EDITION

Cardinal Sarah Addresses UK Sacred Liturgy Conference 2016Robert Cardinal Sarah: Priests Should Start Saying Mass ‘Ad Orientem’ at Advent

by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

10 Great Books About Priests – Kevin Di Camillo, National Catholic Register
Six Challenging Novels the Popes Want You to Tackle – Stephen Mirarchi, epicPew
The Washington Post “Explains” Pope Francis to Us – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Dispatch
English Transcript of Archbishop Gänswein’s EWTN Germany Interview – Edward Pentin
A Comparison Between Church and Military Symbols – Brandon Schild, Catholic Stand
Cardinal Sarah’s Inaugural Address at Sacra Liturgia UK – Matthew Hazell, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Shows Why Science Can’t Build a Utopia – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers
Quebec Orders Palliative Care Doctors to Kill Patients in Euthanasia – Wesley J. Smith J.D., LN
Quæritur: Would Using Birth Control to Delay Children Invalidate Marriage? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Steubenville Receives “Reconsecration” to Blessed Virgin Mary – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
10 Things Michael Cook Gets Wrong in His Criticism of Papal Critics – Carl E. Olson

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WEDNESDAY EXTRA

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George Clausen, “High Mass in a Village on the Zuiderzee” (c. 1880) Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/carstens/whats-behind-cardinal-sarahs-ad-orientem-call/#ixzz4AQyAXsue
George Clausen, “High Mass in a Village on the Zuiderzee” (c. 1880)

What’s Behind Cardinal Sarah’s Ad Orientem Call?

by Christopher Carstens

of the National Catholic Register

Hillary Clinton’s Church Problem – Paul Kengor, Crisis Magazine
A Traditional Catholic Wife? – Randall Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
Priesthood in the Real Presence and the Present Absence – Fr. Gordon J. MacRae, TSW
Sisters of Life Thrive at 25: Order Aids 10,000 Women Since 1991 – Patty Knap, N.C. Register
The Dangers of Cliques & Superior Attitudes in the Church – Anne De Santis, Catholic Stand
Me Before You and the Slow Suicide of the West – Chelsea Zimmerman, Catholic Lane
Details Released of Reformation Commemoration in Lund, Sweden – Edward Pentin, N.C. Reg
Only Francis Can Go To China? – George Weigel, First Things
Justice for Harambe . . . or Revenge? – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum
The Ten Commandments & Facebook; an Examination of Conscience – Godwin Delali Adadzie
A Goodbye to ‘Mama Irene,’ the Woman Who Adopted 58 Kids – María Ximena Rondón, C.N.A.
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TUESDAY EDITION

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Robert Cardinal Sarah LookingRobert Cardinal Sarah: ‘How to Put God Back at the Center of the Liturgy’

Translated by Christine Broesamle

via the National Catholic Register

Goals for Faithful Catholics in This Time of Confusion – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Eight (8) Astonishing Facts about the Sacred Heart You Never Knew – Chloe Mooradian, E.P.
Pope Francis Met with Orionines, Who are They? – Catholic News Agency
Dallas Morning News Bias: Religious Freedom = Anti-L.G.B.T. – Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion
Quæritur: Should I Say “Amen” if the Priest Is Making Up Prayers? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Surely the European Union Is Part of the Problem & Not the Solution – Fr. Ale. Lucie-Smith
Duncan Stroik Wins the Arthur Ross Award for Classical Architecture – Gregory DiPippo
The Logic of Incarnation and the Temptation of Disincarnation – Peter Kwasniewski Ph.D.
Herodotus: The World’s First Great Historian – Julia Kindt, Mercatornet
Emmanuel: The Dominant Theme of Fr. Spitzer’s Book on Happiness – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D.
God’s Power and Mercy – Stephanie H. To, Catholic Stand
For the GOD & CAESAR MONDAY EDITION (May 30, 2016) click here.
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