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How many times a day can I receive Holy Communion?
Posted by Father John Chrysostom Kozlowski OP on 03 Mar 2013 | Tagged as: Miscellaneous, Resources
A few posts ago I wrote about how all Catholics, once they have received their first Holy Communion, are required to receive the Eucharist at least once a year.
If that is the minimum, let’s go to the other extreme – the maximum. How many times a day may I receive Holy Communion? Continue Reading »
Just what is the seal of confession, anyway?
Posted by Father John Chrysostom Kozlowski OP on 12 Dec 2012 | Tagged as: Culture, Resources
Recently, politicians in Australia took to discussing the seal of confession. One went so far to assert that the seal of confession is a “medieval law that needs to change in the 21st century.” In this posting, I am not proposing a response to the civic officials from down under, but rather I am using their remarks as a catalyst for offering a brief catechesis on the seal of confession (in question and answer format):
1) Who is bound by the seal of confession?
The priest who hears the confession. (Although different, there is such a thing as the confessional secret which applies to interpreters and others who gain knowledge of what someone said in the confessional, such as could occur if someone (accidentally) overhears a confession.)
2) When is the seal of confession in effect?
When the Sacrament of Reconciliation begins, the priest is bound by the seal of confession with regard to information learned during the course of the sacrament’s celebration. Information learned after the sacrament concludes is not bound by the seal of confession.
Marriage
Posted by Fr. Bruno M. Shah, O.P. on 06 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Resources
The USCCB’s Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage has recently published a number of videos, articles, and catechetical aides on its website. The resources made available are intended to promote a sound understanding of “marriage” in its natural and sacramental dynamics; they should also enable Catholics to converse more ably with detractors of this elemental institution.