tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53886665706100908772011-08-02T22:11:02.515+01:00Blog for Traditional Catholic Family Alliance members to share thoughts, links and information of interest outside of the family daytcfa.blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14179042800291463261noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5388666570610090877.post-80002709680334491402010-05-13T22:16:00.001+01:002010-05-13T22:16:59.738+01:00

During the weekend of the 10-12 September . For the first time, Young Catholic Adults will be running the 2010 Juventutem International Conference at Douai Abbey(before the Douai weekend was aimed at the UK), the weekend will be led by Juventutem Ecclesiastical Assistant Fr de Malleray . The weekend will be full-boardPlaces are limited so please book early* There will be Sung Mass, Low Mass,

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http://www.cfnews.org.uk/CF_News_1621.htm#19Hate Register set up for Children in the UK who make any homophobic comments against homosexuals. Is Sodom and Gomorrah happening all over again.

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The meeting for Jan. 30th is cancelled as most will have discovered.We do need to find a new venue for the family day or this apostolate will end!Any possibilities, please contact Jane and Mark or Fr. Southwell

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Here are the prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success (Prophecies for Our Times). Prophetic revelations made to Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus Torreshttp://www.olrl.org/prophecy/goodsuccess.shtmlhttp://blessedvirginmarysbower.blogspot.com/2008/02/mother-mariana-de-jesus-torres.htmlhttp://www.michaeljournal.org/goodsuccess.htm

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and we can't even manage to have 6 candles and a cross on Catholic Altars!Picture copyright of www.DailyMail.co.uk

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H/T to Rorate Caeli The IFOP Institute has just made a survey on Catholicism in France for the daily La Croix. The result is mind-blowing: Whilst, in 1965, 81% of the French declared themselves as Catholics, they were no more than 64% in 2009. More serious: whilst 27% of the French went to Mass once a week or more in 1965, they are no more than 4.5% in

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Full body scanners at airports will use ionizing radiation that could damage chromosomal DNA leading to cancer, miscarriage, fatal illnesses:http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/homeland_security_patriot_act_fema/news.php?q=1262472681

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A new site which asks people to support its campaign to slow down (in other words stop) the new translation of the Roman Missal.The petition is a joke, since its taken years to even get this far with a new translation, but of great interest are the suppporters from England...Fred & Rosemary WestLay PersonPlymouthUK Reggie KrayLay PersonBrentwoodUK Anthony Charles Lynton BlairLay

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Some dates from Auntie Joanna for your diary:On March 25th there's a Day of Art and Music, aimed at RE teachers in Catholic primary schools, but also open to catechists, leaders of children's groups in parishes etc. It's at the Monckton Room at the beautiful and historic Holy Redeemer Church, Chelsea and is FREE for teachers. Includes lunch. Opportunity to view glorious art, and to learn

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Hello allCarolyn here. I don't make it toTCFA at the moment but this seems like a lovely way to keep in touch for the moment--as long as I don't get swamped by technology!Some of you know us already --Mike and Carolyn home educating our 5 children in St Albans.

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Exactly 1 year after the persecution and murder of innocent Christians in India, the boys turn up to "get the job done".Key paragraphs:Typically, smaller elephants enter a village first, appearing to survey the community. They then rejoin the larger herd, and larger elephants soon follow and get the job done.The ministry partner in India stated “We think that it might have something to do with

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Please read John Smeaton's post concerning defeating the compulsory sex education laws.I myself has emailed my MP with no response....and he is a Catholic! Next stop is his surgery.

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HT to Creative Minority Report

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Many know of Bishop Athanasius Schneider and his book 'Dominus Est' (It is the Lord), for its defence and promotion of the ordinary method of receiving Holy Communion i.e. Kneeling and on the tougue.What you may not know is that he influenced the Holy Father himself:"The Bishop ultimately decided to write a book defending the traditional way of receiving Holy Communion, and when the work was

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Hat tip to Rorate Coeli for informing the blogsphere about a series of crash courses in Traditional Catholic Philosophy.See the website of the Society of scholastics for more details. It's live and uses video conferencing technology which enables interaction...so make sure you have a decent PC setup first! :-)If anyone is able to attend it, then maybe a blogpost or two about your view on the

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Fr Andrew Southwell, who says Mass for us and gives catechism at the Ware Family Days, gave a guided tour of a number of important paintings in the National Gallery, with the theme of the Nativity. A large number of children, accompanied by parents and friends, many associated with the Ware meetings, attended the tour, and many of us had a very jolly lunch afterwards in Pizza Express.Fr Southwell

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Hat tip to Fr. Z. for pointing out this new award in the USA.I suspect if we started it in this country, the Blairs would be top of the list.

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'the aim of … education is not to fit students for this or that particular profession or career, nor to equip them with theory that will later on find useful applications to this or that form of practice.It is to transform their minds, so that the student becomes a different kind of individual, one able to engage fruitfully in conversation and debate, one who has a capacity for exercising

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Hat tip to Fr. Ray Blake for posting about the "Sacred made real" exhibition.Excellent video on the post showing how the sculptures are made. Simply amazing!

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Not sure what to make of this, but this lady has summed it all up! See the Pledge bank for more details of her pledge.

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Great hope for this country with Bernard Longley's installation as Archbishop of Birmingham.Please see pictures of the Mass of installation.I'm ignorant on these matters, but are attending Bishops supposed to intentionally look worse that the new Archbishop on these occasions? The last time I saw head-dress like that, it was in KFC.

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Please see post on the LMS Chairman blog which provides details of a residential chant course led by Nick Gale, at the Oratory School, Berkshire.Worth considering as it's available for just £80 including accomodation and meals.

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Further to discussions at Ware, I came across via Fr. Z, the Sainte Antoine Daniel Latin Gregorian Chant Ordinaries.Hopefully this will prove of some use. Comments from our exisiting choir members on this would prove interesting.Please contact me to sign up and start blogging and commenting!Blogmaster

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For anyone who lives in the area or would find it more convenient, there are confirmed traditional masses in the Brentwood diocese and also in the City of London over Christmas and New Year

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At our meeting this month we had a First Communion at Mass.It was well attended; here we are having lunch.

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This has now taken place, and here are some pictures. It was great fun as always; I have already posted on it on my Oxford Events blog.Our Chaplain at the Summer School is the Chaplain for the TCFA in Ware: Fr Andrew Southwell. Here he is at the end of our Sung Mass at the Church of St Pancras, Lewes, where we had a day outing.Some of the boys playing football.The Summer School is subsidised by

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June was our last meeting before the Summer break, and I took some photos.Mass was Sung, and as it was within the octave of Corpus Christi we had the same chants, including the Sequence. The celebrant was Fr Andrew Southwell. The chapel of St Edmund's College is by Pugin; as you can see it has never been 'reordered'. The photographs are taken from the choir loft, which is in fact the Rood Loft.

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During the weekend of the 18-20 September 2009. Young Catholic Adults (YCA are part of the international Juventutem Federation) will be running a Traditional Retreat at Douai Abbey in the south of England, the weekend will be led by Juventutem Ecclesiastical Assistant Fr de Malleray. Summorum Pontificum must be working - at least in a "brick by brick" fashion, just look at the following:--For the

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St Catherine's Trust is having its annual Family Retreat 26th-29th March (Friday to Sunday); the prices and the schedule are designed to make it possible for parents to attend with children of all ages.See the St Catherine's Trust website for full details. I put a report about last year's here.This year, for the first time, there will be a Chant course running alongside the Retreat. Nick Gale,

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I've been asked by a blogger to publicise his new site entitled In the Sight of Angels.If you have an interest in the liturgical year and specifically on the same named classic by Dom Prosper Guéranger, please check it out and tell others about it. If you spot an error or omission, please tell the author about it!

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The next meeting of the TCFA will be on Saturday 22nd November. The day will commence with Holy Mass at 12pm sharp. Please be in the Chapel in good time and wrap up warm! Brrrrrrr!

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In October the Latin Mass Society, led by Fr Andrew Southwell, made a pilgrimage to Lourdes to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to Bernadette Soubirous. In the first instance, our group had a long journey to Lourdes, with a 90 minute flight, followed by a 2 hour coach transfer from Toulouse. Any thoughts of tiredness soon vanished as we sung "Ave Maria" upon

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Maybe Dr Shaw can shed some "light" on this one?Oxford Council to "rename" Christmas

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The councils who ban Latin words because they are 'elitist and discriminatory' and confuse immigrants

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I mentioned the LMS pilgrimage to Oxford in an earlier post on this blog; now it has actually taken place. Thanks to the participation of many TCFA supporters, the day was a huge success, with 230 at the Mass, and 180 taking part in the procession. This is a very large procession, and we had trouble at some points negotiating the narrow pavements around bus queues and the like. It was a glorious

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A mother was described as "evil" for killing her 4 year old daughter, who suffered from mild celebral palsy.Joanne Hill, 32, claimed "diminished responsibilities" after drowning her child, as she was "ashamed" of the condition and wanted her adopted or fostered. She will now spend 15 years in jail.Comment: This mother was labeled as " evil" by the sentencing judge, who said she simply couldn't

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A conference is being organised by Catholic families for Catholic Families. Please support this if you can.More details can be found at the Faith & the Family website.

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The St Catherine's Trust Summer School took place last week, from 27th July to 3rd August, attended by a number of regulars from the TCFA days at Ware, including members of the King, Onyanga, and di Falco families. I report, with pictures, on our trip to Arundel Castle, where we had Mass in the private chapel, in the New Liturgical Movement here; there's some more pictures and commentary here.It

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Two school boys who refused to take part in a class "Let's worship Allah" educational session, have been disciplined for showing "disrespect".It seems that what is currently practised in Islamic countries, particularly in the Middle East, is now being practised in Our Lady's dowry.Our Lady of Walsingham, bring England back to the Faith of our Fathers!

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Download the St Bede's traditional community newsletter.You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.On a separate note, as you will see from the newsletter, congratulations are due to the Leung family on the arrival of baby Gemma.

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Hat tip to Fr Finigan for doing the leg work on this one!Produced by Creative Minority Report and H/T to the Curt Jester, where Fr. found the link.

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For those of you who can get to St. Antony's in Forest Gate on the 15th August for 6pm, there will be a Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form on this great feast & holy day of obligation.N.B. The vigil of the feast is traditionally a day of fasting & abstinence.See Tradition in Brentwood blog for church details

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If you dont, then DappledPhotos is a good place to start.It has lots of pictures of Catholic vesture and objects so you can identify it the next time Cardinal Hoyos comes to England.... ;-)

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Since I gave a talk about this at the most recent TCFA meeting at Ware, I thought it might be good to put some information and a link to more here.The Oxford Pilgrimage will take place on Saturday 25th October.Solemn High Mass, 11am Blackfriars, St Giles, Oxford.2pm Procession and unveiling of the plaque, led by Bishop Kenney.3.30pm Benediction, BlackfriarsMore information about the plaque and

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Many of you would have heard of the Transalpine Redemptorists of Papa Stronsay, who follow the rule of St Alphonsus.Recently, Fr. Michael Mary, the Vicar General, announced full communion with Rome!See the full story at the Papa Stronsay blog

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There seems to be a renewed interest (due to a certain Mrs Hector & Miss Ebanks!) in a document I found and posted here many moons ago.It was since deleted but here I attach the link to the document on Christian modesty for your viewing.You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.

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