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Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by justjeff - February 12, 2026, 03:54:26 PM

though it is still at 0%.

Maybe ∄ any seeders.

Yeah, I eventually came to that conclusion.

That's ok, however. I got a pretty good idea of what they were about from the trialers on youtube. Unfortunately, it looks like the typical rebellions against the Church by those Satan has achieved significant influence over.

#2

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by Geremia - February 12, 2026, 04:33:32 AM

though it is still at 0%.

Maybe ∄ any seeders.

#3

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by justjeff - February 12, 2026, 03:25:43 AM

I'm not sure how to use magnet links.

Use a torrent program like qBittorrent.

Thanks. I have a portable copy of qbittorrent. I had just never used a magnet file before. cutting & pasting
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5e86f29c68d4261b4bcb61947a8d9732f8003557 seems to have worked, though it is still at 0%.

#4

Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by justjeff - February 12, 2026, 03:14:27 AM

I'm thinking that I will be needing a little bit of a crash course on Latin pronunciation for the responses at Mass.

PHONETICA LATINÆ - How to pronounce Latin by Ray Cui is a good resource; it has Ecclesiastical (and "Classical" 🤮) pronunciations.

That looks very helpful. Thank you very much!

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Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by Geremia - February 11, 2026, 06:34:11 PM

I'm thinking that I will be needing a little bit of a crash course on Latin pronunciation for the responses at Mass.

PHONETICA LATINÆ - How to pronounce Latin by Ray Cui is a good resource; it has Ecclesiastical (and "Classical" 🤮) pronunciations.

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Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by justjeff - February 11, 2026, 04:29:08 PM

Thank you very much for all of the information and, of course, the resources.

a main reason I wanted to learn (some?) Latin was to be able to read along in the missal without having to go back and forth with the English translation.

For that purpose, I used Byrne, Simplicissimus Ecclesiastical Latin Course.

I have been asked to fill in as an altar server this weekend for a friend who went into the hospital. Fortunately, his operation went well & hopefully he will be out of the ICU today.

I'm thinking that I will be needing a little bit of a crash course on Latin pronunciation for the responses at Mass. Do you think I would be better off with Fr. Most's audio for that, or perhaps the Simplicissimus Ecclesiastical Latin Course or something else?

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Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by Geremia - February 11, 2026, 03:11:32 AM

reading the early Church Fathers, like Augustine is much more complex and difficult than what was typical Church Latin in the Middle Ages.

Yes, St. Augustine's Latin is more similar to classical Latin than the ecclesiastical Latin that St. Jerome initiated. St. Thomas Aquinas's Latin is actually the easiest; cf. Dr. Jeremy Holmes reading St. Thomas Aquinas's Compendium in Latin and explaining its grammar ex tempore in Latin.
You'd be interested in Latinist Christine Mohrman's Liturgical Latin: Its Origins and Character: Three Lectures.

a main reason I wanted to learn (some?) Latin was to be able to read along in the missal without having to go back and forth with the English translation.

For that purpose, I used Byrne, Simplicissimus Ecclesiastical Latin Course.

#8

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by Geremia - February 11, 2026, 12:17:04 AM

I'm not sure how to use magnet links.

Use a torrent program like qBittorrent.

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Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by Geremia - February 11, 2026, 12:15:53 AM

Fr. William Most apparently put together some useful resources for teaching his students ecclesiastical Latin

His method is the best I've seen, emphasizing both passive and active mastery.
Fr. Most's 📚 are already in the library.

#10

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by justjeff - February 10, 2026, 09:36:58 PM

Thanks for those links & accompanying info.

"Rebel Hearts (2021)
"A look at Los Angeles's Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, nuns who challenged the patriarchal conventions of the Catholic Church 50 years ago and are still taking a stand today."
🧲 link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5e86f29c68d4261b4bcb61947a8d9732f8003557
Watch here."

Unfortunately that last link no longer seems to work, and I'm not sure how to use magnet links.

I did see the trailer though, and it reminds me of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Louis, MO. They had adverstised an LGBTQ+ event at their convent a couple of years or so ago and I went with some friends to stand on the sidewalk outside their facilities to pray a rosary before the event. We began praying on both sides of the driveway entering into their parking lot, praying out loud. Someone had brought a karaoke type speaker with a microphone and a priest was leading the prayers.

A woman came out while we were praying and wanted to know what we were doing there. She identified herself as the head of the order. The priest spoke with her for a bit saying that we were praying for God's mercy and protection, and that we felt that they were not teaching the fulness of the truth as taught by the magisterium of the Catholic Church, and therefore some people might be misled and souls could be lost.

There was some back and forth, but she agreed to let us continue to pray... of course, she didn't have much choice, given that we were on the easement of the street, on the sidewalk, and she had no authority to force us to leave. She did have her security guy there keeping an eye on us, and she did dialogue a bit more, trying to be gentle & said that she was happy that we were praying the rosary, but letting us know she disagreed with us and would prefer that we prayed elsewhere. A couple of people had signs, though I don't remember what they said. The people pulling into the lot for the event ignored us for the most part, but seemed a bit surprised & perhaps irritated in some cases.

When it got to be about 15 minutes before the start of the event, a friend of mine, his wife and I, decided to go in and see what they were going to say. I think the security guy went in to warn them that we were coming, but maybe the lady at the registration table had seen us praying at the street. In any event she told us that we couldn't come in. I reminded her that it was a public event, advertized throughout the archdiocese but she indicated that she was afraid we might cause trouble. I assured her that we would cause no trouble, we were just there to observe. She sent someone in to get the head nun who had come out to visit us at the street. She was emphatic that we were not welcome. No way... we had to leave.

So much for the "inclusion" and "accompaniment" that they proclaimed was needed in the Church, I guess.

Sadly, shortly after this experience I saw in the news that a local all girls high school that was having financial difficulty was being taken over by these nuns.

Heaven help us all.