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Yeah, I agree! I went to a Latin Mass (not sure if it was Tridentine or not, but everything was pretty much in Latin and they faced the altar with their backs to the congregation a lot ) in Oxford. It was a bit of a surreal experience

Yeah, that'll be Tridentine. The idea is that the priest is leading the offering at the front of the congregation, but idk, I just felt rally cut off from it all.

- Daily Mass, preferably the old Latin Rite Nop
- Confession often Not for 15 years
- Daily prayers, especially the daily Divine Office Nop - what the heck is Divine Office?
- The Rosary, preferably in Latin Nop
- Wearing an Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Scapular daily Nop
- Carrying a Rosary, St. Benedict Medal, and Miraculous Medal on your person Nop
- Carrying a small Douay Rheims Bible with you everywhere you go Nop
- Prayerful reading daily - The Holy Bible, Butler's Lives of the Saints, saint biographies, and other thoroughly Catholic books Nop
- Some form of volunteer work - soup kitchens, etc. Nop
- Charitable giving of time and money to worthwhile Catholic causes, such as Catholic Charities Nop
- Modest dress, behavior Sort of
- Solitude, quiet, and prayerful meditation Nop
- Listening to Gregorian Chant, choral music, etc. Nop, but I do like Christmas carols
- Pilgrimages to holy sites, such as Fatima, Rome, Jerusalem, etc. I went to Easter mass in St Peter's Square once. I didn't listen to a word of it because it was in Italian - not sure this counts.

I'm a bad Catholic.

And something really important to remember (that I forgot I say earlier) is that the church should be a hospital - it's for the broken and the healing.

I'm a bad Catholic.

Dw bout that list. I think Aula's right to tell us not to get into a sweat over it. Aula is very wise

Hah don't worry, I was only joking. The truth is I don't believe any of that is necessary. Being a good person is what counts.

Belated (?) wishes for the Feast of St Teresa of Avila, mystic and Doctor of the Church

I can never remember whether it's on the 14th or 15th and seem to get conflicting ideas/info each year

My phone (which has universalis on it) says today!

I had a conversation yesterday evening about the Italian tradition of each town/city having a saint and the saints day being a local holiday. We then struggled to think for many places of who the saints for each city or town here in the UK might be if you adopted the same tradition.

We thought probably St Thomas More for London, Blessed John Henry Newman for Birmingham, St Margaret Clitherow for York, and St Jude for Luton, and I am aware of St Nicholas for Aberdeen. I wonder whom you'd consider for other towns/cities.

St Julian of Norwich for TLG.. I mean for Norwich.

I have a nice easy one - St Albans for... St Albans!

Can I claim Alban for my town too? We don't have a saint but St Albans is only a few miles away! Interestingly, the only English Pope was born a few hundred meters from my house but he's not a saint.

Ooh, that means you're near me

Bit disappointed about the outcome of the Synod, but think it's good that they decided to focus on these issues for once and that they were at least talked about