Dear Traditional Latin Mass Faithful and friends, One of the oldest catholic organizations that has promoted the traditional liturgy in Latin and Gregorian Chant going way back to the late 1960’s is called Una Voce, which, of course, means “with one voice.” A great deal of thought was g...
When we made our recent move, we also moved out of our long-time parish boundaries. We knew we had two choices in our new home: the big, established Catholic church with a school or a small country one with one of our former priests who we liked. We told ourselves we would try both...
The Catholic feast of Frumentius, born in 4th c. Tyre but enslaved by Axumites only to become the first bishop of Axum, is held#OnThisDaypic.twitter.com/kxGhrEncH5 — CANI (@ClassAssocNI)October 27, 2016 My fave Homer is Stephen Mitchell's superb#Iliad, beautifully read by Alfred ...
It derives its name from ‘All Hallow’s Eve’ — the day before the Catholic holiday of “All Saint’s Day” on November 1st. While Hallowe’en was adopted by the Catholic Church, its roots go back to 5th century BC Celtic Ireland. The Irish New Year began on November 1st and the...
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The Pagan Book of Days for Wednesday, October 31st The feast of Samhain marks the onset of a darker, more introspective time of year, when access to the otherworld is easier than usual. The festival is also known as Halloween, when witches ride abroad: ...
According to the AmericanCatholic.org, Halloween was adopted by the Catholic Church as a day of “communion with the saints” who are still paying for their sins in purgatory and those who’ve either paid their sin debt themselves or were “prayed out” by someone still alive. A person cou...
I’m linking up atSimcha Fisher’s Patheos Catholic blog, where she’s got a great weekly “What’s for Supper?” featuregoing on. And since TWO linkups are better than one, and there are SEVEN days in a week of suppers, I’m also joining up withThis Ain’t the Lyceum for 7 Qui...
St. Tabitha (Feast Day - October 25) "She was always doing good works and acts of charity." In this way Luke the Evangelist praises Saint Tabitha. The name Tabitha is Syriac and in Greek is translated as Dorcas, which means "deer". Such was name of this most-pious and philanthropic ...
There was a Mexican Dia de los Muertos celebration, a few weeks before the November 2 date that is the Feast of All Souls in the Catholic Liturgy. Dan and I wandered around the premises, but did not take the tour because of the number of people present. I promised myself to return ...