Here is the text of my talk Catholic blogging and blogging Catholics for the Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma at Blackfen last Saturday. Sorry for the delay in posting it. The day went very well, I think. Several people had not experienced the older form of the Mass before and the solemn High Mass was perhaps the best introduction for them. Trisha and her team did us proud with the food, and it was good to be able to celebrate solemn vespers more Romano. The photo above is from Mulier Fortis who has more on her blog and on Flickr.
Dylan Parry posted a comprehensive report of the day at the Guild blog and several other bloggers posted their own impressions so to save time, here (courtesy of the Guild blog) is a list of the Catholic bloggers and users of the new media who were present:
- Fr Sam Medley SOLT (Medley Minute with Fr Sam)
- Fr Simon Henry (Offerimus Tibi Domine)
- Fr Michael Clifton (Fr Mildew)
- Stuart James (eChurch)
- Paul Priest (On the side of the Angels)
- Mac McLernon (Mulier Fortis)
- "Hilaire Belloc" (The Hilaire Belloc Blog)
- Leutgeb (bara brith)
- Annie Elizabeth (Defende nos in proelio)
- Anthony Radice (A Tiny Son of Mary)
- Richard Collins (Linen on the Hedgerow)
- Roy Hobson (the commentator "Vesper")
- Dylan Parry (A Reluctant Sinner)
- (and me)
Those Guild members who wanted to be at the event, but couldn't make it were: Laurence England (The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill); Chris Owens (Benedictus Dominus); James Preece (Catholic and Loving it!); Greg Beaman (A Brief Encounter); Sean Gough (Trust in You); Jane Mossendew (Thoughts from a Catholic Oasis); Stephen Moseling (St Pauls Bookshop Blog); as well as these two anonymous or semi-anonymous blogs: Juventutem London and Catholic with Attitude.
8 comments:
Firstly, thank you for a super day.
I had never experienced the solemn High Mass and it took me to a whole new level.
@Father Finigan
I believe modern communications really can become miracles in themselves, if they are truly inspired by the Holy Spirit. It amazed me that my old friend Andy Webster, from Addey & Stanhope 'A Deo et Rege' Grammar School in poor Deptford (1967-74), received a text from me at Beijing Airport last Saturday which I had sent thinking he was at home in Dartford. THERE IS NO EAST NOR WEST IN JESUS CHRIST!
Here's a small FARE anti neo-Nazi miracle of modern communication that I believe the Blessed Titus Brandsma would wholly approve of http://www.facebook.com/farenetwork/posts/122664991172696
I pray that the core group of The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma, which came together at Holy Communion, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit at Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen last Saturday will find my input to be an acceptable, non-toxic contribution.
Our Lady of the Rosary pray for us!
PAPA VERO ORA PRO NOBIS!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your generous hospitality, and the benefit of your wisdom and experience.
Hello Father,
Could you possibly give a mention to this blog?
http://defendmarriageinscotland.org/
There is an attempt to canvas all the MSPs on their views on a forthcoming votes on the redefinition of marriage in Scotland.
Great talk.
So much of church bureaucracy has been dedicated to "contextualizing" and "shades of grey" and "this is how we do things HERE". And then the blog-reading layperson comes along with one black-and-white paragraph from canon law or whatever, and they don't understand that "that just doesn't apply here, because it's just not that simple, because it's just not!" No wonder the first instinct is to condemn the blogs...
I loved this talk. Well done, Father. The Catholic Blogosphere is truly revolutionary; I don't know what I would do without it.
Can I ask, have you put your other talk on Jansenism online yet? (If so, I have missed it, and could you please give me the link?)
Shane
Sorr, Shane, not put that online yet. Still in the queue for more editing...
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