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General Discussion / Re: Fr. Cyprian on St. Joseph

Last post by AngelLMills - August 03, 2026, 03:52:11 AM

Fr. Cyprian, O.S.B.—prior of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, New Mexico—speaks of St. Joseph @34:02:

What a beautiful reflection! Thank you for sharing

#12

Catholic Resources / Re: «Acta synodalia Sacrosanct...

Last post by k42s - July 29, 2026, 06:15:41 PM

A few years ago Matthew Hazell completed the scans. Check New Liturgical Movement for all the links.

I do have a question: how can I find out for each final document who the signatories were? I am specifically interested in who did not sign certain documents. For the close of the council when three documents were promulgated I find this list but it's not clear to me if these "Ego"s are what I'm looking for. Other sites talk about "placet" and "non placet."

More specifically, I'm looking to see if "Marcellus Lefebvre, arch. tit. Synnadensis in Phrygia" signed Dignitatis Humanae (Religious Liberty), Unitatis Redintegratio (Ecumenism) and Lumen Gentium (Collegiality).

#13

Forum-Related / Re: Recommendations on saving ...

Last post by k42s - July 12, 2026, 03:08:00 AM

As an indirect answer, I suggest using Obsidian Web Clipper. It converts a web page and its contents into a Markdown (.md) file that can be saved into your Obsidian vault or anywhere on your computer. Calibre handles .md files and can also convert into .epub and other formats.

I was inspired from this blog post. I also make use of the RSS Dashboard Community Plugin.

#14

Forum-Related / Recommendations on saving web ...

Last post by justjeff - July 11, 2026, 01:41:25 AM

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, hopefully it can be moved if it is.

I occasionally run across an article on a website that I would like to save and import into Calibre so I can find it more easily in the future.

Assuming the article is in .html format, is it usually easier, or more beneficial for other reasons to save it by Selecting the text and then "print to .pdf", or to copy & paste it into something like LibreOffice and save it that way before importing? Or perhaps to save it in html format or some other way?

#15

General Discussion / Benedictio librorum

Last post by Geremia - July 09, 2026, 09:49:07 PM

BENEDICTIO LIBRORUM Adjutorium nostrum, et cetera. Oremus. Oratio. Descendat, Domine, virtus Spiritus Sancti super hunc librum [(hos libros)], qui eum [(eos)] mundando purificet et bene ✠ dicat atque sanctificet, et omnium in eo [(eis)] legentium clementer corda illuminet, et verum intellectum tribuat, sed et intelligendo tua præcepta conservare et implere secundum voluntatem tuam bonis operibus concedat. Per Dominum. Et aspergantur aqua benedicta.

BLESSING OF BOOKS Our help, etc. Let us pray. Prayer. May the power of the Holy Ghost, O Lord, descend upon this book [(these books)], cleanse, purify, bless ✠, and sanctify it [(them)], and may He mercifully enlighten the hearts of all who read it [(them)], and grant true understanding, and also, through understanding, to keep and fulfill your precepts according to your will by good works. Through the Lord. And [(it is)] they are sprinkled with holy water.

—Manuale ad usum Sarum (Sarum Use Manual) in the Publications of the Surtees Society, vol. 63 (1875) p. 101*, quoted in "Is there a blessing for books?"

#16

General Discussion / Re: Catholic Tutoring Institut...

Last post by Geremia - July 08, 2026, 06:19:45 PM

What do you think about this game plan?

• UI/backend to submit a tutoring application and find tutors
• LLM integration with a chat interface to find or submit tutor applications
• Implement custom video conferencing or evaluate industry solutions like teams, hangouts, zoom, adobe connect, etc.
• Implement payment processing.

Sounds good. 👍

#17

General Discussion / Re: Catholic Tutoring Institut...

Last post by tom - July 08, 2026, 08:09:50 AM

I taught for Varsity Tutors for 6 years ... I also taught for https://queenofheavenacademy.org/

Your experience here will be super helpful!

Do any of them do live tutoring?

Not sure.

What do you think about this game plan?

• UI/backend to submit a tutoring application and find tutors
• LLM integration with a chat interface to find or submit tutor applications
• Implement custom video conferencing or evaluate industry solutions like teams, hangouts, zoom, adobe connect, etc.
• Implement payment processing.

#18

General Discussion / Re: Catholic Tutoring Institut...

Last post by Geremia - July 07, 2026, 10:11:40 PM

why do we need a Catholic branded service when all these other services can offer Catholic tutoring?

I think we could do something better, faster, and more streamlined. Varsity Tutors has an "instant" option, but still the on-boarding for tutors and students is laborious. I envision a sort of market:
CTI's main page could have a prompt that says: "Student or Tutor?"
For students, a prompt: "What do you need help with?" And students would type in something like: "I need help understanding how to convert a Form 2 syllogism to a Form 1 one."
For tutors, a prompt: "What can you teach? What is your experience?" A tutor could type: "I have experience teaching introductory formal logic... etc."
And the system could detect that this tutor and student could be paired.
Each student and tutor would have rating statistics, so that the higher rated ones could charge more than the lower-rated ones. Students would be given the option to select a lesser expensive tutor, wait for a better tutor to become available, pay more to get a better tutor faster, or pay less to schedule days in advance.

#19

Dogma & Doctrine / Re: Ecumenism... prohibited in...

Last post by Geremia - July 07, 2026, 08:40:35 PM

Ecumenical means universal. An ecumenical council is a council of the entire Church, not just a particular region.

[Ecumenism]

#20

Dogma & Doctrine / Re: Ecumenism... prohibited in...

Last post by justjeff - July 07, 2026, 08:38:19 PM

"Ecumenism" doesn't seem to predate 1920:

Thank you. That would explain why "ecumenism' is not mentioned in magisterial documents before then or even shortly thereafter.

Ecumenism (also spelled oecumenism) is the movement promoting unity, cooperation, and mutual understanding among different Christian denominations and churches.  Derived from the Greek word oikoumene, meaning "the inhabited world," the term originally referred to the entire Christian church or the Roman Empire before evolving in the 20th century to describe interdenominational efforts to heal historical schisms.

Historical Evolution
The concept traces back to the early church's Ecumenical Councils (4th–7th centuries), which defined universal doctrine for the global church.  The modern ecumenical movement gained momentum following the 1910 Edinburgh Missionary Conference, which united Protestant missionary forces, and was significantly advanced by the World Council of Churches (founded in 1948) and the Second Vatican Council (1962–65), which formally engaged the Roman Catholic Church in dialogue with other Christian traditions.

Core Goals and Examples
The primary objective is to achieve visible unity and full communion among Christians, rooted in Jesus' prayer "that they may all be one" (John 17:21).  Key initiatives include:

* Dialogue: Theological conversations between Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant leaders.

* Joint Worship: The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and shared service projects.

* Organizations: The World Council of Churches and local ecumenical councils that foster collaboration on social justice and missionary work.
 
AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.

It is rather ironic that ecumenism was instituted to heal schisms and promote unity, but is now at least a partial cause of what the Vatican has proclaimed as a new schism in the Church.