Father George Rutler on the Liturgy — by Adam on

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The following article appeared in the most recent edition of First Things. If you are reading this you probably already saw it on the New ...

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Perspectives and Origins — by Father Bartus on

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(Address given to the Society of Mary, Portsmouth Diocese, by Bishop Kenneth Stevenson, Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth at S. Saviour's, S...

Cardinal Newman's Private Chapel — by Father Bartus on

SSPX and Anglican Similarities — by Father Bartus on

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Mention has already been made about the similarity between past comments made by some Branch-Theory Anglicans who wanted reunion with Rome o...

Forms, Uses and Rites — by Father Bartus on

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Remember the disctinction between Rite and Use.  The Sarum was a Use of the Roman Rite.  The regular Roman Rite currently has two forms: Ord...

S. Thomas the Martyr, Oxford — by Father Bartus on

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Sung Mass (EF) of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 2010 (Photos courtesy of Pusey House)

Sarum What? — by Father Bartus on

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I recently talked on the phone with a fellow clergyman, with whom I went to seminary, about Percy Dearmer and the Sarum Use. (It was not tec...

More on Birettas — by Father Bartus on

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To those who haven't seen it yet, Father Ed Tomlinson has written a splendid piece on the biretta .  It is most definetely a part of the...

Newman on Gentlemen — by Father Bartus on

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Someone mentioned that the Anglican tradition of promoting the best kind of scholarship and Christian academics is an integral part of our p...

Patrimonial Papacy — by Father Bartus on

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by Fr John Hunwicke, SSC Recently, a fashionable Orthodox hierarch, commenting on the dialogue between Rome and the Orthodox Churches, exp...

An Anglican Future in the Catholic Church — by Father Bartus on

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by Fr. Aidan Nichols OP It is easier for the Church of England to become Catholic than for the Church of Rome in England to become English...

Sermon 2: On the Assumption — by Father Bartus on

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" The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into ...

The Shoes of the Shepherd — by Father Bartus on

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by D. Darmanin “The ecclesiastical shoe is well known, for it has preserved the general appearance of the footwear in vogue at the beginn...

From "The Idea of a University" — by Father Bartus on

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by Blessed John Henry Newman (Catholic University of America Theological College, Washington D.C.) Right Reason, that is, Reason rightly ...

Groups of Anglicans, but One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church — by Father Bartus on

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Please read the latest post by Br. Stephen Treat, O.Cist.  It explains very well why Anglican Patrimony is leaving the juridical details to...

Malta or Mljet? — by Father Bartus on

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His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, when visiting Malta earlier, made reference to St. Paul's shipwreck (Acts 28:1-10). This is a long stand...