Men of Christ 2019 - March 30 - Father Z speaking

Young Men of Christ: March 29, 2019. Details and registration here.
Men of Christ: March 30, 2019. Details and registration here.

Madison St. Joseph Pontifical Photos

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TLM for Our Lady of the Rosary this Friday at 7PM, Pine Bluff, Father Z

St Dominic receives the rosary

This Friday, October 7, Fr Zuhlsdorf will celebrate a First Friday Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Holy Mass will begin at 7pm at St Mary’s Pine Bluff. Please join us in celebrating this feast commemorating Our Lady’s intercession in the Battle of Lepanto, in which the Christian West managed to stave off Islamic invasion forces.

Madtown TLM Society

Fatima Centennial Tour stop at Guadalupe Shrine Sept 22-23

Also got this photo from an event recently at the Shrine:

Fr. Z, Priest of the Institute of Christ the King, and Priest of the Fraternity of St. Peter. Taken at the Shrine. #Hope

A few other upcoming events:

Tomorrow: Day of Prayer Offered for Persecuted Christians

Also November 4th:  Meet a Daughter of a Saint!

Cardinal Burke video greeting to readers of Father Z

Father Z's trip to La Crosse always coincides with my uncooperative schedule, hindering my ability to appropriately buy him a beer.

Happy Silver Anniversary to Father Z!

more at Father Z's place

Most influential contemporary people in my faith journey in some order would be; Karl Keating, Mother Angelica, Father Z, probably Terry Nelson too.

Still probably my favorite all time Father Z post: ... I can't find it!  It's the one where he slowly turns into a "Taliban Catholic."  This was back before the left had a wider assortment of insults to use on us.

C.O.P.s Clergy on Patrol

Pontifical Mass at the Throne at 7PM in Pine Bluff for Ascension Thursday

On Ascension Thursday, 5 May, at 7 PM, His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino (aka The Extraordinary Ordinary) will celebrate Holy Mass in the traditional Roman Rite “at the Throne” at St. Mary’s Church in Pine Bluff, WI. All are welcome.

Details at FatherZ

Fr Z starts guest column in the MadCatHerald: The different Rites of the Latin Church

The first in a series by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf about the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

“Bishop Morlino did what? What’s that all about?”

You may have seen notices and articles over the last year or so about Bishop Robert C. Morlino celebrating “Pontifical Mass at the Throne in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.”

It is possible that some of you, seeing “Throne,” and “Pontifical,” and “Extraordinary,” might say “What’s that all about?” as you turn the page.

In a short series over the next few issues of the Catholic Herald, let’s drill into “what that’s all about.”

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Rorate Mass photo post

Ben took some nice photos of Father Z's recent Rorate Mass at Pine Bluff.

Candlelight Mass from St. Mary's in Pine Bluff. Photo credit: Ben Yanke
Posted by Tridentine Mass Society of Madison on Saturday, December 19, 2015

I'll update this post if I find others(or kindly readers send me some).

Here's one from Dec 1 at Sts Peter and Paul in Wisconsin Rapids.

Rorate Sung Mass offered by Fr Zuhlsdorf on Dec 19th at 6:30am at St Mary's Pine Bluff

Well, it came by email, but St. Mary's has a Saturday 6:30 AM TLM scheduled.  Should be dark enough to get some candle power goin on.

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Ten years and 71 million page views

I started it with the original intention of it being an archive for articles I was writing for The Wanderer. Thus, it’s original name.

It rapidly took on a life of its own.

Since I started keeping stats, on 23 November 2006, I have had about 71 million page views and 45 million unique visits. People come from all over the world, as you can see from the screen shot of the live visit feed just before I posted this.

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Mystery object at Sinsinawa

I am not entirely sure what this is, so I thought I’d open it up to the readership.

It might be Sophia giving birth to the World Soul over the deep primal waters in the beneath… rather like what the LCWR is into.

Any other guesses?

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Photos: Madison Diocese Pontifical Mass for Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

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I'm hoping after summer chaos to attend more of these.

Father Z visits La Crosse once in a Blue Moon

Father Z covers his visit to the La Crosse Guadalupe Shrine.  

Day 1: Canon Law Conference (and a video message)

Day 2: Canon Law Conference – VIDEO greetings to you readers from Card. Burke

Blue Moon

Unfortunately I was out of town on my own errands wrapped in mystery and some "Smit-icks."  Otherwise, I ought to have insisted on buying him a beer.  I've met him briefly in person a few years ago at Knights of Divine Mercy.  Speaking of, KDM in September? 

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Father Z's suggestion on "cake wars" makes Wisconsin State Journal

A Madison priest known for pointed commentary is offering what he says is a path forward for businesses opposed to participation in same-sex weddings.

The Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, known nationally as “Father Z” on his popular blog, posted his suggestion under the title, “When they come to destroy your business because you are pro-traditional family.”

Zuhlsdorf, a priest in the Madison Catholic Diocese, suggests that when a gay couple seeks the services of a Christian business owner for “their immoral event,” the owner should accept. He then explains what the business owner should do next.

“Tell them that the food and services will be just fine,” Zuhlsdorf writes. “And then inform them that all of the money that they pay for the services will be donated to a traditional pro-family lobby.”

Read more: http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/religion/in-the-spirit-madison-priest-suggests-solution-for-businesses-opposed/article_f6766a46-619a-5e62-8d8e-641ad70e63e1.html#ixzz3YWN0WZnW

Erickson goes on to interview Father Z.

So.... I haven't talked about it in a while... almost out of fear, but right now Catholic Charities in Wisconsin right now may be forced to capitulate on gay adoptions.  We saw the hammer come down on Catholic Charities in Illinois.  I hope dioceses have taken steps to prepare themselves for legal action.

Father Z and Cardinal Burke in Rome

New Liturgical Movement

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Not sure on the source of the photo

HT Fr RH

Photos: Madtown All Souls Pontifical

more at Father Zed's place

One from Aristotle

I took some too but I don't think they turned out.  In my typical fashion I'm running up to the door huffing and puffing, not getting setup to do much.  I should have just setup a tripod to take video.  Oh yeah, and I wanted to get some shots of the choir but spent far too much time in prayer, what the heck.  The good news is it sounds like these will keep happening.  One number I heard was there were 330 that attended.  The chapel was almost completely full. Was nice to sit with the official BC aunt and uncle there as well. Music was excellent.... it made me realize I need a will with the first line being Sung Requiem. Bp. Morlino did preach a bit after, he recognized the monks from The Holy Resurrection Monastery(over in the Green Bay Diocese by Manitowoc), and joked that he had better keep true to his promise to visit the monastery himself.

FatherZ: The Bovine Option

Father Z is in Rome.  Strolling through some Roman shops, he noticed an interesting pattern for vestments...

Then there was the Bovine Option. It is for Wisconsin, after all.

C.O.P.s Clergy on Patrol

Had to share a photo from BC friend Ben Yanke:

Another one from Fr. Rick, looks like they got the all clear.

Madison Men's Lenten Retreat; featurning Bp. Morlino, Father Z, Fr. Eric Nielsen

Fortes in Fide
Annual Diocesan
Men's Lenten Retreat
March 7-8, 2014
Bishop O'Connor Pastoral Center, Madison Wisconsin
Featuring Bishop Robert Morlino
Internationally Renowned Blogger Fr. John Zuhlsdorf ("Fr. Z"), Fr. Eric Nielsen of St. Paul's University Catholic Center and more ...
 “Be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.  Resist him, firm in your faith” (1 Peter 5: 8-9).

Join other men from the Diocese of Madison and elsewhere in this special Lenten retreat.  We will be gathering once again to renew and deepen our understanding of Jesus Christ and His teaching through the sacramental voice of His Church, be renewed and strengthened through prayer and the grace of His sacraments, and as a result of this intensified communion of love and friendship with His Divine Majesty, advance his Kingship in our souls and our lay mission, firm in our faith.

Retreat Masters Include:
Bishop Robert C. Morlino is the fourth Bishop of Madison. A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1974 for the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus.  His education includes a Master Degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, the Master of Divinity Degree from the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., and a doctorate in Moral Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome, with specialization in fundamental moral theology and bioethics.  Before and after his incardination as a priest of the Diocese of Kalamazoo in 1981, Bishop Morlino taught philosophy and theology in numerous university settings, including the University of Notre Dame, and St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia.  On July 6, 1999 he was named Bishop of Helena, Montana and on May 23, 2003, the Bishop of Madison. From 2005 to 2011 Bishop Morlino served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), and he continues to offer his strong support for their work to this day.

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (“Fr. Z”): Probably best known for his popular and award winning blog “What Does The Prayer Really Say?,” Fr. Zuhlsdorf is a longtime columnist in multiple publications, and a former collaborator with the Holy See’s Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei.”  A convert from Lutheranism in his early 20’s, Fr. Z, studied theology at the Pontifical Lateran University, and Patristic Theology at the “Augustinianum”--both in Rome--and was ordained in St. Peter’s Basilica by Bl. John Paul II in 1991.  He has also appeared on television, including EWTN & the Fox News Channel.

Fr. Eric Nielsen is the Director of St. Paul University Catholic Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  He has been the Pastor of St. Paul’s since 2006 and a priest of the Diocese of Madison since 1995.  The oldest of seven children, Fr. Nielsen grew up in Oshkosh, graduated in 1984 from the UW in Civil Engineering, and entered Mundelein Seminary in 1990.  As a young man he enjoyed a lot of outdoor activity and travel but now spends most of his time at St. Paul’s encouraging students to focus on study and prayer as a path to know, love and serve Jesus Christ.

Cost:
$40 - Commuter (includes all the retreat activities and lunch on Saturday)
$65 - Includes shared overnight accommodations (with breakfast, lunch and snacks)
$90 - Single Room Accomodations.
Please do NOT let financial considerations prevent you from attending.  Just let us know what you can or cannot afford.
Registration Deadline Friday, February 21st at 5:00 p.m.

“Only those who do not fight are never wounded; those who charge the enemy with the greatest spirit are the ones who receive the most blows.” - St. John Chrysostom

A joint venture of the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis and the Knights of Divine Mercy.

http://www.madisondiocese.org/Ministry/EvangelizationandCatechesis/Retreats/LentenMensRetreat.aspx

This is getting very close to my wife's due date, but obviously this would be painful to miss.