Bravi

Photo source: In Caritate Non Ficta

Viva Cristo Rey!

The reign of Jesus Christ, Universal King through the worship of His holy Church. Now that's what you call liturgy!

Source: In Caritate Non Ficta

Say "No" to them?

I dare ya!

Libreville, Gabon

Acolytes assist at the the raising of the personal parish of Our Lady of Lourdes of the apostolate of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in Libreville, Gabon by H.E. Basile Mvé Engone, Archbishop of Libreville. The event was been marked by a Pontifical Mass in the usus antiquior celebrated by Msgr. Mvé Engone, at which the bishop of Port-Gentil, Mathieu Madega, as well as ministers of the Gabonese government assisted. Images of the erection of the personal parish of Our Lady of Lourdes can be found at the website of the Institute.

(Thanks to The New Liturgical Movement.)

Altar boys in Canada

At an ordination in Ottawa. More details and photos at The New Liturgical Movement.

Altar Boys at Lourdes

Altar boys assist Archbishop Burke at Lourdes, France.

Extraordinary Altar Boy

On April 17, 2009, Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Raleigh, NC visited Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunn to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on twenty-one candidates in the Extraordinary Form.

(Thanks to In Caritate Non Ficta.)

Live Action Acolytes

Altar boys in Johannesburg, South Africa

Will we decide to give this experience to all our boys and young men? Can it be that vocations to the priesthood are demanding more of us than we are presently willing to give?

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"The 19th March was a special day at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Two boys from the parish community of the Cathedral served the Traditional Latin Mass for the first time. The boys only saw the TLM for the first time on the 2nd of December. But from that time Jonathan and Jordan Kayombo have been very eager to learn to serve the "old" Mass. Their mother, Constance, made sure that the boys practiced their Latin at home and very soon they were word perfect."

-- Visit blog for Una Voca, South Africa, to see more photos and the full story.

Back to the future

Altar boys, Palestine, 1956.

Altar boys at The Institute of the Good Shepherd: St. Eloi, Bordeaux

What good could possibly outweigh the custom of offering boys and young men the privilege of associating with the work of the priest?

And this not in an ambiguous way which pretends their manhood is negligible or incidental, but precisely in a corporate sense as young men which is not possible except as it is reserved exclusively for the participation of young men?

Who can be expected to believe the Church sincere when we say that any prayer, sacrifice and effort must be undertaken for the sake of vocations to the priesthood except for the sacrifices which entail restoring the custom of altar boys?

(Photo: Thanks to The New Liturgical Movement.)