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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, JULY 7, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Even though Benedict XVI’s letter “Summorum Pontificum” on the traditional form of the Mass has been in effect less than a year, it has already made an impact, says an expert on liturgical translations.
Father John Zuhlsdorf, a former employee of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, is a noted authority on both liturgical translations and the 1962 missal. He also writes the “What Does the Prayer Really Say?” column in The Wanderer newspaper, and is the author of a popular blog by the same name.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, JULY 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI's letter "Summorum Pontificum" on the traditional form of the Mass has sparked an increased interest in the Latin-language liturgy, especially among priests, says an expert on liturgical translations.
Father John Zuhlsdorf, a former employee of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, is a noted authority on both liturgical translations and the 1962 Missal. He also writes the "What Does the Prayer Really Say?" column in the Wanderer newspaper, and is the author of a popular blog by the same name.
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The campaign by parishioners and residents to make Betstyle Roundabout safer has cleared its first, and main, hurdle: both Enfield and Barnet councils have agreed to feasibility studies on making the roundabout safer. This was achieved despite the lack of a sufficient number of pedestrian fatalities (normally you need a good few people dead before anything is actually done).
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Good to see a positive story about the Church in the MSM (main stream media). Melanie McDonagh writes in The Times:
44 people entered seminaries and monasteries in England and Wales last year; in 2003 it was 24. There were 3,255 people received into the Church this Easter. And in London especially, dynamic priests have helped. In the past decade, the church of Holy Ghost in Balham, South London, doubled its congregation.
The Catholic chaplaincy in Cambridge is similarly dynamic. Father Alban McCoy, the chaplain says, “we've had to buy extra communion hosts, extra chairs...we had 15 converts this year. And we've had 14 vocations to the priesthood and religious life since 2000.” Some of the growth is down to the emphasis in the chaplaincy on examining the faith - but he also gives credit to the present Pope. “He's done a lot to boost the confidence of the young,” he says. There's been similar growth at the University of Kent where the chaplain, Father Peter Geldard, perhaps best sums up the formula that seems to be working so well for the Catholic Church. “It's orthodox,” he says. “And mainstream.” That combination is saving Catholicism.
As they say, read it all.
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Parishioners and local residents are campaigning to make Betstyle Roundabout safer for pedestrians. The roundabout is on the walk to school route of four local primaries: Our Lady, St Paul's, Garfield and Holly Park, and every day mothers and fathers have to scramble across with their children. If you'd like to help, please contact your local councillor or leave a comment on the videos below by going here or here.