The Roman Sacristan

Translations are ready for the weekend. Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Protéctor in...

Way back in April, The American Papist posted these two videos, and I thought, now that I have my own blog, I would also post them here. Hi...

I found two excellent articles regarding religion and embryonic stem cell research, they are definitely worth the read. Fr. Tadeusz Pacholcz...

Today is my name's day, the feast of Saint Christopher. (In Italy, Name's Days used to be a bigger occasion than one's actual b...

I am experimenting with a file hosting service at filelodge.com, so I can give you a link to the comparison of prayers for this week in a MS...

(you can click the picture to embiggen) Throughout my travels, I have gained devotions to some Saints just because I have been to their tomb...

Collect Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, qui errántibus, ut in viam possint redíre, veritátis tuæ lumen ...

"Dadwithnoisykids" has a great article on how he and his family made one July 4th very special by declairing independence from the...

Collect Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, qui in Fílii tui humilitáte iacéntem mundum erexísti, fidélibus...

Actually, I haven't much chance to be lazy, but I have been busy with work and with college buddies coming into town. Here I am startin...

With the Fourth of July in full gear, I'll just post this quick note. I found a search engine with donates money to Pro-Life organizatio...

I wonder how many seminaries in the U.S.A. (and in the world) actually follow this canon: Code of Canon Law Book II: The People of God Part ...

Wanted to get these out so people would have more time to look at them before Sunday. Collect Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman ...

First off, I have give acknowledgements to Fr. Z. who is much more qualified in this area and is the one who inspired me to follow suit. Se...

This was a quick article I wrote up once which was inspired by something that Fr. Stephanos, O.S.B. pointed out to me when I spent a summer...

While surfing the other day I came across an entry at The Brussels Journal which suprised me. It shows a late 17th century pulpit in the Ch...

... of The Roman Sacristan blog. Things are awkward as I get the hang of this, but I wanted to begin this on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi...