Better futures for Philipmas

Buona Festa!

With the Octave of Pentecost complete and Trinity Sunday falling on our holy founder's dies natalis, today is celebrated the transferred Solemnity of our beloved St. Philip, who was truly filled with the gifts of the same Holy Ghost we celebrated over the past week. With the unjust restrictions on the traditional rites in our diocese, openly celebrating Philiptide with the bare minimum of either Vespers or St. Philip's distinctive Oratorian Mass has become very difficult. We look forward to the day that we are once again able to celebrate our founder's cheer and spirituality with events like Musical Oratory, Solemn Vespers, and the celebration of Mass, even at St. Joseph's Cathedral.

Here are some links below showcasing some previous activities during both Philiptide and other Oratorian Weeks.

• 30 June, 2008 - "Oratory Week in San Diego"
• 16 July, 2008 - "Oratory Week in San Diego Successfully Concluded with Vespers in St. Joseph Cathedral"
• 8 June, 2009 - "St. Philip's Celebrations 2009"

+ I.D.S.P.N.

Throwback to a 2008 San Diego Brother

Those who keep up with New Liturgical Movement may have seen that our Brother Robert Keim has been welcomed as a new member of NLM's writing staff. Congratulations to him!

Frater Robert was part of the group of Brothers admitted to the Oratory in 2008, the others being the late John J. Velasco, his son Christopher, Wayne Lam, Richard Dawes, and George Pecoraro. 

Frater Robert reading from
Fr. Bacci's life of St. Philip in a
 Precious Blood robe.

It seems that all our articles that mention him are nearly 15 years old or older! There are some great photos included, so we encourage you to take a look.

• 23 Jan. 2008 - "New Oratorian Brothers for San Diego"
  
• 23 Jan. 2008 - "Six new San Diego Brothers admitted in London"
  
• 27 May 2008 - "Brothers in our Prayers and General Intentions this Philiptide"
  
• 8 Jun. 2009 - "St. Philip's Celebrations 2009"
  

Additionally, Frater Robert accompanied Fratellino and Frater Richard to sing for a Solemn High Mass in Orange County over a decade ago.

St. John the Evangelist, Costa Mesa, 2013

For those interested in Mr. Keim's first few articles from New Liturgical Movement, we have them linked below.

• The Exsultet, The Happy Fault, and the Queen of Heaven
  
• The Bells of Easter, Part 1: The Golden Bells of the High Priest
• The Bells of Easter, Part 2: Bell-Song of the Risen Christ
  

Additionally, he is one of the twenty-six authors included in Dr. Peter Kwasniewski's book Ultramontanism and Tradition: The Role of Papal Authority in the Catholic Faith, with some of the other authors including Cardinal Burke, Bishop Schneider, and Dr. Joseph Shaw of the Latin Mass Society, as well as fellow Southern Californians Dr. Ed Feser and Charles A. Coulombe. Dr. Kwasniewski has information on the book here.