tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post6035363714065079006..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: BirettasFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71104537641378590632019-11-02T20:45:26.825+00:002019-11-02T20:45:26.825+00:00I remember many years ago the Ven (later Rt Revd) ...I remember many years ago the Ven (later Rt Revd) Vernon Nicholls preaching at S. Agatha's, Sparkbrook, a church not of his tradition.<br /><br />Archdeacon Nicholls had acquired a biretta, an item of millinery with which he was unfamiliar but which the MC couldn't wrest from his grasp. He put it on sideways, and all had a laugh. The archdeacon got his revenge during his sermon, when he Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365402242052425654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-49385213272538019862019-10-29T13:13:56.854+00:002019-10-29T13:13:56.854+00:00I hear that the Holy Father readily gave his apost...I hear that the Holy Father readily gave his apostolic blessing to Ordinariate birettas at the canonisation Mass of JHN on 13th October.<br /><br />“Please hold up any objects you wish the Holy Father to bless.”<br />Birettas duly held aloft.<br />Apostolic blessing imparted.<br /><br />Ad hominem… nuff said.<br /><br />I think there’s mileage in arguments 'ad verecundiam' and 'ad Fr Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747558367805466619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-15454022265381832052019-10-28T21:23:04.561+00:002019-10-28T21:23:04.561+00:00In reply to your comment about the double-height b...In reply to your comment about the double-height birettas of the Anglican Guardians of Walsingham, they may perhaps have been unaware that both in England and much of Northern Europe such were worn by altar boys. Unconsciously they were thus acknowledging not only their lay state, but also, in hope, the youthful condition of their souls. Josephus Muris Saliensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10888638147153175697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-63721366813515431762019-10-28T19:11:35.679+00:002019-10-28T19:11:35.679+00:00
No pom-poms on Premonstratensian white birettas u...<br />No pom-poms on Premonstratensian white birettas unless belonging to a prelate.<br /><br />I am a superannuated schoolmaster and my MA gown is NOT disintegrating!!vetusta ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454059029260192711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-60457536383179476422019-10-28T12:26:02.728+00:002019-10-28T12:26:02.728+00:00When I was at Gricigliano in the 1990's, the l...When I was at Gricigliano in the 1990's, the late Fr Frank Quoëx wore his biretta "more Romano" or Oratorian fashion. Some of us followed but not all. Now, I sometimes wonder what a biretta would look like with my long hair! Fortunately I have better things to do with my time. Buon' auguri, Padre.Fr Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521671841072661886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57336887419341793322019-10-28T11:29:14.989+00:002019-10-28T11:29:14.989+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264379572686048595noreply@blogger.com