Historic St. Anthony Catholic Church
258 Ohio, Wichita, Ks
2nd St. & Ohio
Two blocks east of Old Town
Sunday Mass at 1:oo
English/Latin missals provided. Join us for coffee and donuts after mass downstairs in the St. Clair/Sunshine room, south exterior basement entrance.
Pastor of St. Anthony Parish: Fr. Ben Nguyen
EFLR Celebrants: Fr. John Jirak, Fr Nicholas Voelker
Master of Ceremonies: Tony Strunk
Choir Director: Bernie Dette


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Fr. Nicholas Voelker celebrates Low Mass Saturdays at 8:00 a.m., St. Mary's Catholic Church, 106 East 8th street, Newton. There is no mass this Saturday, January 30, 2016.


Thursday, October 27, 2011

Post #203


Topics: Delmar Kuhlman: Requiscat in Pace...Low-Level "Meditation": Spiritual Reading...Dispositions for Frequent and Daily CommunionThe Catechism of the Council of Trent

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• Michael O'Neil sends his thanks for prayers and contact information.
  michaelmjo@yahoo.com            316-295-9409.
Michael, St. Anthony TLM attendee, is looking for work and has experience/knowledge in the following:
Aeronautics, aircraft operations, watch (i.e., operations) center officer
aviation management at small general aviation airports, avaition security, and
personnel training.
 
 Michael earned a B.S. in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. If anyone can assist in helping Mr. O'Neil find work email this blog and I will send you his contact information.
Gentlemen of St. Anthony, can you please help Mr. O'Neil find work or point him in a good direction?
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I have received word that Mother of the Angels of the Discalced Carmelites, Park City, has been released from the hospital. From what I understand (correct me if need be), Mother suffers from complications due to lupus.
Please keep her and all the sisters in your prayers.
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Please note: All Saints Day, November 1st, will be celebrated in the EFLR at St. Anthony with Fr. Hay.


..and now for the necessaries.

Please note: St. Anthony Catholic Church is one of only two churches celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass (EFLR) in the Wichita area. Though this blog is loosely centered around this parish and it's members, Venite Missa Est! is by no means, in any way an official voice of, or for, St. Anthony Parish or the Diocese of Wichita. Venite Missa Est! is strictly a private layman's endeavor.


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 Delmar Kuhlman (St. Anthony Choir member) has died from injuries he suffered from a fall. Delmar and his wife Rose sing in the choir at St Anthony's. Prayers for Rose and her family and, of course, for Delmar.
The rosary is at 7PM Sunday at Blessed Sacrament and the funeral is Monday at 10:30 AM, also at Blessed Sacrament.
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Low-Level "Meditation"
by Jim Spencer

For all, and especially for those who, like me, find meditation somewhere between extremely difficult and absolutely impossible, the Church has long recommended spiritual reading.  Being a lowly reader rather than a lofty meditator, I've found several excellent books for spiritual reading.  Here are my current favorites:

1.) Meditations for Each Day (of the year), by Antonio Cardinal Bacci, translated by Desmond Williams & Brian Powers, published in 1965 by the Newman Press (with Imprimatur by Cardinal Spellman). No ISBN.  This book contains a 1.5 to 2 page of spiritual reading for each day of the year.  Long out of print, it's available from used Catholic book outlets.

2.) Baltimore Catechism  #3, First published in 1885 by J.L. Spalding (with Imprimatur by John Cardinal McCloskey of NY and Archbishop James Gibbons of Baltimore; republished in 2010 by TAN Books.  ISBN 978-0-89555-146-7.  This is the more detailed adult version of Baltimore Catechism.  "Meat and potatoes" Catholicism.

3.) Catechism of the Council of Trent, written under the direction of St. Charles Borromeo at the order of Pope St. Pius V.  Republished in 1982 by TAN Books.  ISBN 978-89555-185-6.  This is a complete and beautifully written explanation of the Catholic Faith, ordered and approved by one saint, guided and directed by another.  Need I say more?

4.) The Holy Bible (Douay-Rheims version), an English translation of St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate (with 1899 Imprimatur by James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore), republished in 1971 by TAN Books. (No ISBN.)  This is the Bible used for the readings at Extraordinary Form Liturgies.

5,) Inside the Bible, by Kenneth Baker, S.J. Published in 1998 by Ignatius Press.  ISBN 0-89870-665-3.  Reading any version of the Bible without a basic understanding of the Catholic Catechism can be dangerous, as has been demonstrated by the disintegration of Protestantism into countless sects, each claiming biblical support for its "theology."  This book will help a Catholic not adequately familiar with the Catechism to read the Bible without going off on a tangent by focusing too tightly on a few verses here and there.  It gives a summary of each Book of the Bible and explains the relevant theology thereof.

6.) Various lives of the saints.  Reading theology builds a basis for practicing the Faith; the lives of the saints offers examples of how to practice it in real life situations.

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Appendix VI
(From the book, The Catechism of the Council of Trent, published in 1982 by Tan Books and Publishers, Rockford, IL.)

Dispositions for Frequent and Daily Communion,
From the Decree Approved by
Pope Pius X, December 20, 1905
Submitted by Jim Spencer

Frequent and daily Communion, as a thing most earnestly desired by Christ Our Lord, and by the Catholic Church, should be open to all the Faithful, of whatever rank and condition of life; so that no one who is in the state of grace, and who approaches the Holy Table with a right and devout intention, can lawfully be hindered therefrom.

A right intention consists in this: that he who approaches the Holy Table should do so, not out of routine, or vainglory, or human respect, but for the purpose of pleasing God, or being more closely united with Him by charity, and of seeking this divine remedy for his weakness and defects.
Although it is more expedient that those who communicate frequently or daily be free from venial sins, especially from such as are fully deliberate, and from any affection thereto, nevertheless it is sufficient that they be free from mortal sin, with the purpose of never sinning mortally in the future;  and, if they have this sincere purpose, it is impossible but that daily communicants should gradually emancipate themselves form even venial sins, and from all affection thereto.

But whereas the Sacraments of the New Law, though they take effect opere operato, nevertheless produce a greater effect in proportion as the dispositions of the recipient are better; therefore, care is to be taken that Holy Communion be preceded by serious preparation, and followed by a suitable thanksgiving according to each one’s strength, circumstances, and duties.

That the practice of frequent and daily Communion may be carried out with greater prudence and more abundant merit, the confessor’s advice should be asked.  Confessors, however,  should be careful not to dissuade any one (ne quemquam avertant) from frequent  and daily Communion, provided he is in the state of grace and approaches with the right intention.

But since it is plain that, by frequent and daily reception of the Holy Eucharist, union with Christ is fostered, the spiritual life more abundantly sustained, the soul more richly endowed with virtues, and an even surer pledge of everlasting happiness bestowed on the recipient, therefore parish priests, confessors, and preachers – in accordance with the approved teaching of the Roman Catechism (Part ii, cap. 4, n. 63) – are frequently and with great zeal to exhort the Faithful to this devout and salutary practice.

Frequent and daily Communion is to be promoted especially in Religious Orders and Congregations of all kinds; with regard to which, however, the Decree Quemadmodum, issued on December 17, 1890, by the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars is to remain in force.  It is also to be promoted especially in ecclesiastical Seminaries, where students are preparing for the service of the altar; as also in all Christian establishments of whatever kind, for the training of youth.

In the case of religious institutions, whether of solemn or simple vows, in which rules or constitutions, or calendars, Communion is assigned to certain fixed days, such regulations are to be regarded as directive, and not preceptive.  In such cases the appointed number of Communions should be regarded as a minimum, and not as setting a limit to the devotion of religious.  Therefore, freedom of access to the Eucharistic Table, whether more frequently or daily, must always be allowed them, according to the principles above laid down in this Decree.  And in order that all religious of both sexes may clearly understand the provisions of this Decree, the Superior of each house is to see that it is read in community in the vernacular, every year within the octave of the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Finally, after the publication of this Decree, all ecclesiastical writers are to cease from contentious controversies concerning the dispositions requisite for frequent and daily Communion. 



Friday, October 21, 2011

Post #202

Topics: Wondered?: Letters After Priests Names...The Rosary and Saint Dominic: Defeats Heresy

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We heard this morning that Delmar Kuhlman (St. Anthony Choir member) fell off a roof and is suffering a ruptured spleen and cracked ribs.  Please pray for him and pass the word to other parishioners and friends.
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Please pray for Michael O'Neil, St. Anthony TLM attendee, who is looking for work and has experience/knowledge in the following:
Aeronautics, aircraft operations, watch (i.e., operations) center officer
aviation management at small general aviation airports, avaition security, and
personnel training.
 
 Michael earned a B.S. in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. If anyone can assist in helping Mr. O'Neil find work email this blog and I will send you his contact information.
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I have received word that Mother of the Angels of the Discalced Carmelites, Park City, has been released from the hospital. From what I understand (correct me if need be), Mother suffers from complications due to lupus.
Please keep her and all the sisters in your prayers.
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Please note: All Saints Day, November 1st, will be celebrated in the EFLR at St. Anthony with Fr. Hay.
..and now for the necessaries.

Please note: St. Anthony Catholic Church is one of only two churches celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass (EFLR) in the Wichita area. Though this blog is loosely centered around this parish and it's members, Venite Missa Est! is by no means, in any way an official voice of, or for, St. Anthony Parish or the Diocese of Wichita. Venite Missa Est! is strictly a private layman's endeavor.


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Have You Ever Wondered
By Jim Spencer

 Have you ever wondered why in the letters following the names of priests of certain religious community are not all capitalized?  Like the Redemptorist Fr. Kahrer, C.Ss.R.?  C.Ss.R. stands for Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer). The Ss. stands for the Latin superlative, Sanctissimi (Most Holy).  In Ecclesiastical Latin all abbreviations of superlatives are made by doubling the first letter but capitalizing only the first of the two.

Also please note that, in abbreviating a Latin superlative, you use only one period (Ss.), not two (S.s.).

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The Rosary and Saint Dominic Defeat Heresy
The American Socieety for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property

The Rosary — as spiritual weapon against evil — has a very long and precious history. In twelfth and thirteenth century France, a group of heretics known as the Albigensians was destroying the minds of the Catholic laity with its erroneous ideas. The Albigensians’ teachings encouraged suicide, many times by self-induced starvation, because they believed that the body was an intrinsic evil and that the soul must be liberated from matter at all costs. However, as history often shows, Providence raises up great Saints in times of dire crises. This time it was no different. Saint Dominic, born of noble lineage, received the Rosary from Our Lady in the year 1214.

Saint Dominic received the Rosary from Our Lady in 1214. Our Lady gave Saint Dominic the Rosary as a weapon to combat the awful Albigensian heresy.
The Rosary as we know it today took some time to develop. After Saint Dominic died in the year 1221, the Rosary was almost immediately forgotten. However, in 1464 Our Lord, Our Lady, and Saint Dominic appeared to Blessed Alan de la Roche, a Dominican friar, after which he preached the Rosary until his death in 1475. This tremendous apostolate by Blessed Alan de la Roche, through the direct intercession of Our Lady, made the Rosary a widespread devotion. The fifteen mysteries as we know them came about through the many confraternities founded after Blessed Alan de la Roche’s preaching, and were formalized with Pope Saint Pius V’s encyclical, Consueverunt.

The Rosary and the Battle of Lepanto

The Battle of Lepanto was a crucial conflict between the Christians and the Ottoman Turks, one of the greatest naval battles of all time. The Christian lands around Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean were constantly getting sacked by Muslim pirates, and Imperial warships were ravaging the land. At this point in time, Pope Saint Pius V saw it appropriate to raise a Crusade against these heathen Muslims. After raising a Crusade, he asked every non-combatant across the whole Christian world to pray the Rosary.
Even after this call to arms, the Christian fleet at Lepanto was greatly outnumbered by the Ottoman Turks. The Crusaders got on their knees and began to pray the Rosary. Soon after, the Christians and the Muslims were immersed in a bloody battle. Thus it was that on October 7, 1571, the Christian fleet was blessed with a miraculous victory. Pope Saint Pius V immediately dedicated the victory to Our Lady, establishing October 7 as “The Feast of the Most Holy Rosary.”

Fr. Petrus Pavlicek convoked the Viennese faithful to a public Rosary procession, asking God
to expell the communists from Austria.

Holy Rosary Crusade of Reparation

After World War II, Austria was divided between four countries: America, France, the United Kingdom, and Russia. At the time, Russia was still communist. The section of Austria controlled by the communists was the richest, and included the city of Vienna. The Viennese were subject to the all the atrocities and tyrannies of communism. However, in 1946, Fr. Petrus Pavlicek, after making a pilgrimage to Mariazell, the principle Marian shrine in Austria, was told by an interior voice: “Do as I say and there will be peace.”

To obey this inspiration of Our Lady, Fr. Pevlicek founded the Holy Rosary Crusade of Reparation in 1947. This Crusade consisted of the Viennese faithful coming out of their homes in order to participate in a public Rosary procession in the streets of the city. The intentions of the Rosary were for the end of communism in their country and in the world. At first, the processions were miniscule, but in time they grew to staggering proportions. In 1955, after eight years spreading the word about the Crusade throughout Austria, the Rosary processions would reach sizes of half a million people, about 1/10 of the Austrian population. Finally, through the help of Our Lady, the Soviet forces pulled out of Austria in October of 1955, leaving the country for good.

The Rosary and the Fatima Message

Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children, Jacinta, Lucia, and Francisco, at the Cova de Iria, near Fatima, Portugal. During six visits, Our Lady communicated to them a secret which had three parts. The first part was a vision of Hell. During this vision, Sister Lucia said numerous souls fell into Hell like “snowflakes.”

In Fatima, Portugal Our Lady appeared, asking for conversion, penance, reparation and sacrifice. To achieve this she requested the daily recitation of the Rosary. In the October apparition, Our Lady performed the Miracle of the Sun (photo above) for everyone to see and believe.
In the second part, Our Lady states that WWI would end, but “if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church.”

As Our Lady predicted, World War II erupted and the errors of atheist Communism spread. Our Lady added that many will be martyred and nations will be annihilated, if people do not convert. Have people converted? The answer is no. Can Divine punishment be avoided?

In July 1972, in New Orleans, La. this statue of Our Lady of Fatima miraculously wept real human tears. It depends on the world’s fidelity to Our Lady’s requests.

Lucia asked Our Lady during the apparitions, “Who are you and what do you want?” Our Lady responded, “I am the Lady of the Rosary, and I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. People must not continue to offend the Lord, Who is already so deeply offended. They must say the Rosary.”

Therefore, Our Lady gave us a solution: the recitation of the daily Rosary for the conversion of sinners. The Fatima message is a remedy for our culture immersed in sin. If it were not for Our Lady’s promise that “Finally, My Immaculate Heart will Triumph,” we would be much dismayed and disheartened. So let us heed her requests. Let us practice the First Saturday devotions. Let us pray the daily Rosary. By fulfilling these requests, we will be consoling the sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary and hasten the triumph of good over evil.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Post #201


Topics: The Catechism of the Council of Trent: Inseparability of the Contract and Sacrament in Christian Marriage...Catholic World Report, HPR: Ceases Print Publication...Saint Faustina's Vision of Hell: The 7 Characteristics of Hell

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My goodness aren't the days beautiful? Fall is the time of year when the frantic affairs of the summer are settled and we prepare ourselves for the long winter hibernation. The trees anticipate the sleep of the season, the wheat goes dormant, the sleepy evenings come earlier and we instinctively huddle together. This dark and quiet time of year reminds me of my favorite prayer by John Henry Newman:
May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last!
Autumn is my favorite time of year not only for it's calming affect but because it signals the coming holy season. God bless you and yours. 

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Please note: All Saints Day, November 1st, will be celebrated in the EFLR at St. Anthony with Fr. Hay. 
..and now for the necessaries.

Please note: St. Anthony Catholic Church is one of only two churches celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass (EFLR) in the Wichita area. Though this blog is loosely centered around this parish and it's members, Venite Missa Est! is by no means, in any way an official voice of, or for, St. Anthony Parish or the Diocese of Wichita. Venite Missa Est! is strictly a private layman's endeavor.


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Appendix III
The Catechism of the Council of Trent
 published in 1982 by Tan Books and Publishers, Rockford, IL.

The Inseparability of the Contract and Sacrament in Christian Marriage
From the Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, February 10, 1880
Submitted By Jim Spencer

“Let no one be influenced by the distinction made so much of by the Regalists, which separates the nuptial contract from the Sacrament, for no other purpose than to reserve to the Church what pertains to the Sacrament, and to hand over the contract to the power and will of civil rulers.  Such a distinction, indeed, or more truly, division, cannot be proved, since it is certain that in Christian marriage the contract cannot be separated from the Sacrament, and consequently that a true and lawful contract cannot exist without being by that very fact a Sacrament.  For Christ the Lord added to marriage the dignity of a Sacrament, but marriage is the contract itself, provided this has been lawfully made . . . Hence, it appears that every true marriage among Christians is in itself and of itself a Sacrament; and that nothing is further from the truth than that the Sacrament is a certain ornament super-added, or a property coming from without, which at the will of men can be disassembled and separated from the contract.” 

End Encyclical Quote


Nota bene:  Here is the definition of “regalism” from the on-line Catholic Encyclopedia:
“The Theory of the Regalists conceded to the Church a certain amount of social right from its Divine Founder, but conditioned on the exercise of all social powers upon the consent of the civil government.  This theory, originated with Gallicanism, practically denied the Church to be a perfect society inasmuch as it made its jurisdiction depend for it valid exercise upon the civil power.  The theory gradually extended its contentions so far as to make the Church indirectly subordinate to the State, attributing to the State the authority to forbid the Church any juridical act that might work to the detriment of the State and to command the Church in case of necessity to put forth her full powers to promote the interest of the State.”
(As used here, the term “perfect society”  means a society independent within its own domain, not subject to any outside authority within that domain.  In this sense both the Church and the State are perfect societies.)

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Catholic World Report, HPR to Cease Print Publication
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12019

Ignatius Press has announced that Catholic World Report and Homiletic & Pastoral Reviewwill cease print publication at the close of the year. Both will maintain an online presence.
Homiletic & Pastoral Review was founded as The Homiletic Monthly & Catechist in 1900;Catholic World Report was founded in 1991. Catholic World News editor Phil Lawler served as the magazine’s editor from 1993 to 2005.

“For several years now, Ignatius Press has been subsidizing these two magazines, and the loss has been in the $200,000-range each year,” said Father Joseph Fessio, publisher of the magazines. “We have continued to subsidize them because we believed--and still believe--they have provided an important service to the Church.”

“However, it doesn't take any prophetic gifts to see what is happening to print magazines. The rapid growth of electronic sources of news and opinion has led to the demise of many magazines, and this is clearly a trend that is going to continue.”

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Saint Faustina's Vision of Hell 
(The 7 Characteristics of Hell)


Today there is an unspoken assumption that "everyone" is going to Heaven. Fire and brimstone theology is certainly not fashionable, and it has never been comfortable. Moreover, Balthasar's "dare that we hope that all men be saved" has led to "how dare you suggest that not all men are saved!!!"


Yet, the two most important revelations of the 20th century (to the children of Fatima and to St Faustina) emphasize both that Hell exists and that Hell is inhabited by demons and humans. Below is Saint Faustina's vision of Hell that Christ revealed to her. It is as vivid as anything produced by Dante. The following is taken from the journal of Saint Faustina:
Today, I was led by an Angel to the chasms of hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is!

The kinds of tortures I saw: the First torture that constitutes hell is the loss of God; the Second is perpetual remorse of conscience; the Third is that one’s condition will never change; the Fourth is the fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it - a terrible suffering, since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God’s anger; the Fifth torture is continual darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and, despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own; the sixth torture is the constant company of Satan; the Seventh torture is horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies. 

These are the tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings. There are special tortures destined for particular souls. These are the torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings, related to the manner in which it has sinned. There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipotence of God had not supported me. Let the sinner know that he will be tortured throughout eternity, in those senses which he made use of to sin.

I am writing this at the command of God, so that no soul may find an excuse by saying there is no hell, or that nobody has ever been there, and so no one can say what it is like. {TRM: This is similar to the vision of Hell and Our Lady's warning at Fatima}

What I have written is but a pale shadow of the things I saw. But I noticed one thing: that most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell. How terribly souls suffer there! Consequently, I pray even more fervently for the conversion of sinners. (Diary of St. Faustina, 741)
Let us trust in Christ, pray, repent of our sins, love God and neighbor and adhere to the true Faith "without which it is impossible to please God" (Heb 11:6).

Saint Faustina, pray for us.

Jesus, our Divine Mercy, have mercy on us.




Monday, October 10, 2011

Post #200

Topics:Feast Day October 11th: Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary... Council of Trent Catechism: Immaculate Conception and Papal Infallibility...Sarahs's Hope: Foundation Books for Life Book Sale ...John Senior: "The Restoration of Christian Culture"...Stained Glass Windows: Air Purifying
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Congratulations to Oscar and Alanna Tran who's baby, Hugh Ngoc, was baptized this past Sunday. May God grant your child many happy years.

Please note: All Saints Day, November 1st, will be celebrated in the EFLR at St. Anthony with Fr. Hay. Be there or be square.

Jim Spencer has contributed (again) this week with two short but informative pieces on the definition of the Immaculate Conception and the Primacy of the Pope from The Catechism of the Council of Trent. Thank you Jim.

Michael O'Neil reminds us that Sarah's Hope is having a book sale. Information below.

Travelers Mr. Blake Butterworth and family were guests at St. Anthony this past Sunday and sent warm greetings via this blog. Thanks for reading Sir, stay in touch and the next time you visit come downstairs for donuts after mass.

Happy Birthday of sorts to Venite Missa Est! as we celebrate our 200th post. Actually there have been many more posts than this but the blog in this incarnation hits 200 posts as of this writing.

...and now for the necessaries.

Please note: St. Anthony Catholic Church is one of only two churches celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass (EFLR) in the Wichita area. Though this blog is loosely centered around this parish and it's members, Venite Missa Est! is by no means, in any way an official voice of, or for, St. Anthony Parish or the Diocese of Wichita. Venite Missa Est! is strictly a private layman's endeavor.

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October 11th
The Feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The New Marian Missal, Regina Press, 1962


To commemorate in the liturgy the fifteenth century of the Council of Ephesus (A.D.431), which vindicated the title of Theotokos or "Mother of God" for Our Lady, Pope Pius XI, in the year 1931 instituted this Feast to be observed by the whole Church as a double of the second class. White vestments. Preface of the B.V.M.
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Appendix I
(From the book, The Catechism of the Council of Trent, published in 1982 by Tan Books and Publishers, Rockford, IL.)

Definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Given by Pope Pius IX, December 8, 1854

“For the honor of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, for the glory and adornment of the Virgin Mother of God, for the exaltation of the Catholic faith and the increase of the Christian religion, We declare, pronounce and define, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and Our own, that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, was, by the singular grace and privilege of God, in view of the merits of Christ Jesus, the Savior of the human race, preserved free from every stain of original sin, has been revealed by God and is therefore to be firmly and constantly believed by all the faithful.  Wherefore if any should presume, which God forbid, to think otherwise in their hearts than We have defined, let them know and be certain that they have been condemned by their own judgment, that they have made a shipwreck in faith, that they have fallen away from the unity of the Church; and furthermore, that, should they dare to manifest in word or writing, or in any other external way, what they think in their hearts, they subject themselves by this very act to the penalties prescribed by the law.”

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Appendix II
(From the book, The Catechism of the Council of Trent, published in 1982 by Tan Books and Publishers, Rockford, IL.)

Definition of the Infallibility of the Roman Pontiff
Given in the Vatican I Council,
Session IV, Chapter 4, July 18, 1870

“Wherefore, adhering faithfully to the tradition received from the beginning of the Christian faith, for the glory of God our Saviour, for the exaltation of the Catholic religion, and the salvation of Christian peoples, We teach and define, with approbation of the Sacred Council, that it is a dogma divinely revealed, that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks  ex cathedra, that is to say, when discharging the functions of Pastor and Doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme Apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, he fully enjoys by the divine assistance promised to him in Blessed Peter, the same infallibility which our Divine Redeemer intended His Church should be endowed with for defining doctrines concerning faith or morals; and consequently such definitions of the Roman Pontiff are of themselves irreformable, and not from the consent of the Church.
“If any one presume, which God forbid, to contradict this Our definition, let him be anathema.”
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Books for Life Book Sale
Sarahs's Hope Foundation

Our mission is to promote as truth the value and dignity of every human life from conception until natural death through education in the mass media.

Please donate for our 14th GIANT SALE, which will be held Saturday., Nov. 5th
(Also accepting donations of videos, CD’s, DVD’s and games)

Drop off times:
Anytime since we now have a cabinet on south side of bldg.

Please call 209-5029 to set time to drop off larger amounts.

Where:
N. St. Francis & 35th St. (directions from 37th St. N. & Bdwy. Go east 3 blks. Turn S. to 35th } S. side of red school bldg.)

Sale Times: 7:30 A.M. TO 7 P.M. Sat. Nov. 5th

Place: 35th & N. St. Francis (Wichita) (directions from 37th St. N. & Broadway. Go east 3 blocks, urn south to 35th } S. side of red school building.)

Suggested donations for sale items:
Hardbacks $1.00 each Paperbacks 50 cents each
Kids’ Books 25 cents each
Contact Tony at 209-5029, www.sarahshope.com

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From John Senior's "The Restoration of Christian Culture"

Whatever we do in the political and social order, the indispensable foundation is prayer, the heart of which is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the perfect prayer of Christ himself, Priest and Victim, revealing in an unbloody manner the bloody selfsame Sacrifice of Calvary.

What is Christian Culture? It is essentially the Mass.That is not my or anyone's opinion or theory or wish but the central fact of two thousand years of history. Christendom, what secularists call Western Civilization, is the Mass and the paraphenalia which protect and facilitate it. All architecture, art, political and social forms, economics, the way people live and feel and think, music, literature- all these things, when they are right, are ways of fostering and protecting the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

To enact a sacrifice, there must be an altar, an altar has to have a roof over it in case it rains; to reserve the Blessed Sacrament, we build a little House of Gold and over it a Tower of Ivory with a bell and a garden round about with roses and lilies of purity, emblems of the Virgin Mary- Rosa Mystica, Turris Davidica, Turris Eburnea, Domus Aurea- who carried his Body and His blood in her womb, Body of her body, Blood of her blood. And around the Church and garden, where we bury the faithful dead, the caretakers live, the priests and religous whose work is prayer, who keep the Mystery of Faith in its tabernacle of music and words in the Office of the Church; and around them the faithful who gather to worship and divide the other work that must be done in order to make the perpetuation of the Sacrifice possible - to raise the food and make the clothes and build and keep the peace so that generations to come may live for Him, so that the Sacrifice goes on even until the consummation of the world.

From John Senior's "The Restoration of Christian Culture"

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Air-Purifying Church Windows
Early Nano Technology
from Nanite News @ nanitenews.com

Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.

Associate Professor Zhu Huai Yong, from QUT's School of Physical and Chemical Sciences said that glaziers in medieval forges were the first nanotechnologists who produced colors with gold nanoparticles of different sizes.

Professor Zhu said numerous church windows across Europe were decorated with glass colored in gold nanoparticles.

"For centuries people appreciated only the beautiful works of art, and long life of the colors, but little did they realise that these works of art are also, in modern language, photocatalytic air purifier with nanostructured gold catalyst," Professor Zhu said.

He said tiny particles of gold, energised by the sun, were able to destroy air-borne pollutants like volatile organic chemical (VOCs), which may often come from new furniture, carpets and paint in good condition.

"These VOCs create that 'new' smell as they are slowly released from walls and furniture, but they, along with methanol and carbon monoxide, are not good for your health, even in small amounts," he said.

"Gold, when in very small particles, becomes very active under sunlight.
"The electromagnetic field of the sunlight can couple with the oscillations of the electrons in the gold particles and creates a resonance.

"The magnetic field on the surface of the gold nanoparticles can be enhanced by up to hundred times, which breaks apart the pollutant molecules in the air."
Professor Zhu said the by-product was carbon dioxide, which was comparatively safe, particularly in the small amounts that would be created through this process.
He said the use of gold nanoparticles to drive chemical reactions opened up exciting possibilities for scientific research.

"This technology is solar-powered, and is very energy efficient, because only the particles of gold heat up," he said.

"In conventional chemical reactions, you heat up everything, which is a waste of energy.
"Once this technology can be applied to produce specialty chemicals at ambient temperature, it heralds significant changes in the economy and environmental impact of the chemical production." Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by the Queensland University of Technology

Friday, October 7, 2011

Post #199


Topics: Council of Trent: Catechism ...October: Month of the Most Holy Rosary...The Baltimore Catechism: On the Manner of Making a Good Confession


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This coming Sunday, Oct 9, St. Anthony Latin Mass attendees, Oscar and Alanna Tran ask you to help celebrate Hugh Ngoc Tran's baptism. The baptism will be at the Newman Center at 11:15 after Fr Hay's 10:00 mass there.

...and now for the necessaries.

Please note: St. Anthony Catholic Church is one of only two churches celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass (EFLR) in the Wichita area. Though this blog is loosely centered around this parish and it's members, Venite Missa Est! is by no means, in any way an official voice of, or for, St. Anthony Parish or the Diocese of Wichita. Venite Missa Est! is strictly a private layman's endeavor.




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The Catechism of the Council of Trent:
 In It's Coverage of the Seventh petition of the Our Father (Deliver us from Evil):

"We say from evil, not from evils, because the evils which we experience from others we ascribe to the arch enemy as their author and instigator.  Hence, instead of cherishing resentment against our neighbor, we should turn our hatred and anger against Satan himself, by whom men are instigated to harm us."

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October is the Month of the Most Holy Rosary
Indulgences

1. A plenary indulgence is granted under the usual conditions, to those who recite five decades of the Rosary in a church, or in a public oratory, or with a family group, religious community, or pious association. Otherwise a partial indulgence is granted. (EI 48)

2. A partial indulgence is granted to those who use a Rosary blessed by a priest, even if five decades are not recited. The indulgence is plenary on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, if the blessing was performed by the pope or a bishop.

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The Baltimore Catechism
Lesson Twentieth:
 On the Manner of Making a Good Confession

Q. 825. What should we do on entering the confessional?
A. On entering the confessional we should kneel, make the sign of the Cross, and say to the priest, "Bless me, father"; then add, "I confess to Almighty God and to you, father, that I have sinned."
Q. 826. Which are the first things we should tell the priest in Confession?
A. The first things we should tell the priest in Confession are the time of our last Confession, and whether we said the penance and went to Holy Communion.
Q. 827. Should we tell anything else in connection with our last confession?
A. In connection with our last confession we should tell also what restrictions -- if any -- were placed upon us with regard to our occasions of sin, and what obligations with regard to the payment of debts, restitution, injuries done to others and the like, we were commanded to fulfill.
Q. 828. After telling the time of our last Confession and Communion what should we do?
A. After telling the time of our last Confession and Communion we should confess all the mortal sins we have since committed, and all the venial sins we may wish to mention.
Q. 829. What is a general confession?
A. A general confession is the telling of the sins of our whole life or a great part of it. It is made in the same manner as an ordinary confession, except that it requires more time and longer preparation.
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Q. 830. When should a General Confession be made?
A. A general confession:
  1. Is necessary when we are certain that our past confessions were bad;
  2. It is useful on special occasions in our lives when some change in our way of living is about to take place;
  3. It is hurtful and must not be made when persons are scrupulous.
Q. 831. What are the signs of scruples and the remedy against them?
A. The signs of scruples are chiefly:
  1. To be always dissatisfied with our confessions;
  2. To be self-willed in deciding what is sinful and what is not.
The chief remedy against them is to follow exactly the advice of the confessor without questioning the reason or utility of his advice.
Q. 832. What must we do when the confessor asks us questions?
A. When the confessor asks us questions we must answer them truthfully and clearly.
Q. 833. What should we do after telling our sins?
A. After telling our sins we should listen with attention to the advice which the confessor may think proper to give.
Q. 834. What duties does the priest perform in the confessional?
A. In the confessional the priest performs the duties:
  1. Of a judge, by listening to our self-accusations and passing sentence upon our guilt or innocence;
  2. Of a father, by the good advice and encouragement he gives us;
  3. Of a teacher, by his instructions, and
  4. Of a physician, by discovering the afflictions of our soul and giving us the remedies to
  5. restore it to spiritual health.
Q. 835. Why is it beneficial to go always if possible to the same confessor?
A. It is beneficial to go always, if possible, to the same confessor, because our continued confessions enable him to see more clearly the true state of our soul and to understand better our occasions of sin.
Q. 836. Should we remain away from confession because we cannot go to our usual confessor?
A. We should not remain away from confession because we cannot go to our usual confessor, for though it is well to confess to the same priest, it is not necessary to do so. One should never become so attached to a confessor that his absence or the great inconvenience of going to him would become an excuse for neglecting the Sacraments.
Q. 837. How should we end our Confession?
A. We should end our Confession by saying, "I also accuse myself of all the sins of my past life," telling, if we choose, one or several of our past sins.
Q. 838. What should we do while the priest is giving us absolution?
A. While the priest is giving us absolution we should from our heart renew the Act of Contrition.