It is difficult to adequately describe (to those unfamiliar with anything but the present Catholic experience) the vast difference between the way the Church did almost everything before and after the Second Vatican Council. If the liturgy marks the most obvious change to the life of the Church, there are dozens of other, less apparent…
Many of you are aware that we have been going through the process of becoming a “non-profit”. Last week, we received our letter from the IRS accepting our application and making us an official tax-exempt organization – a public charity with 501(c)(3) status. This means that donations to 1P5 are now tax-deductible. It also means that foundations can make charitable gifts…
“October 18th was a memorable day in the long history of the Roman Church. On that day, fifty years ago, Pope Paul VI celebrated Mass according to the unique rites of the papacy for the very last time. Papal Mass, which synthesized the primitive Roman tradition with the international Gallican praxis, remained virtually unchanged since…
According to Catholic evangelist Matthew Christoff, “There is a serious “man-crisis” in the Catholic Church.” How bad is it? It is widespread and serious. Unless the Church, including its bishops, priests and lay men begin to take notice and make the evangelization of Catholic men a priority, the Catholic Church in the West will decay,…
ON TODAY’S EPISODE: A couple of big announcements about 1P5. What Bishop Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska is doing that could help start a movement to restore a sense of the sacred to our churches and liturgies. Get it here.
[powerpress] ON TODAY’S EPISODE: A couple of big announcements about 1P5. What Bishop Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska is doing that could help start a movement to restore a sense of the sacred to our churches and liturgies. In-Depth – Links from Today’s Episode: Bishop Conley of Lincoln to offer the Mass ad Orientem The gospel according to Bill Murray:…
“I’ve got your six” is a military phrase that means “I’ve got your back.” It comes from the old pilot system in which directions correspond to hours on the clock, where 12 o’clock is forward and 6 o’clock is behind. Thus anyone behind you is “at your six.” Blessed Peter Favre said, “I felt great…
Today marks the 50th anniversary of ‘Lumen Gentium‘, the Vatican II constitution on the Church. With this brief post I present its highlights, while encouraging you to read the document in its entirety. The First Vatican Council was preparing to give a definition of the Church but was forced to an abrupt end in 1870…
Bishop James D. Conley has announced that many of the faithful in the Diocese of Lincoln will see something significantly different when they go to Mass this Advent. From the bishop’s column in this week’s Southern Nebraska Register: “In the season of Advent, as we recall Christ’s Incarnation at Christmas, we are reminded to be…
Cardinal Burke’s removal from the Apostolic Signatura has not put a damper on his outspoken concerns about the ideas being considered during the two-part Synod on Marriage and Family. In a conference in Ireland, he again called for a removal of certain issues from the second round of synod talks in October, 2015. Cardinal Raymond Burke…
“Every moment of our lives we stand on the brink of eternity.” – Dom Lorenzo Scupolli There are many precious traditions in the Sacred Liturgy that almost entirely disappeared after the liturgical reforms following the Second Vatican Council. We realize that our Liturgy becomes more and more anthropocentric instead of theocentric. This protestanized liturgy is…
