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Traditionalism is an Affirmation

One of the most important things for a person to have is an identity. This is why names are so important to us. Adam was given power to name things in the Garden of Eden, showing that he had dominion over the rest of creation, including Eve, whom he named. When a child finds out that a large, strange-looking animal has a name, he finds comfort in the fact, knowing that, if it has a name, and if Daddy can identify it, the thing must not be all that terrifying. It is known.

Traditional Catholics, or traditionalists, name themselves thus because of their embrace of the traditions of the Church.

by Brother André Marie January 17th, 2012

Obama and Administration Wage War Against Pro-Lifers Freedom of Conscience


Brian Kelly

By imperial edict, and as a dark insult to pro-lifers who were preparing their annual march to the Capitol to protest Roe v Wade and the ensuing murders of the pre-born, President Obama and self-deluded “Catholic” Kathleen Sabelius of the Department of Health and Human Services  have given new meaning to the word dictatorial. Genuinely Catholic and pro-life employers have been issued an ultimatum. They have one year to decide if they will serve God or the leviathan state. What boldness! What injustice!


Is There Fight Left in Hungary?


The Philosopher

We hope so. Daniel McAdams exposes the reheated communist apparatchiks and their fellow revolutionary travelers who run the European Union, and who are trying to bring the nation of Saint Stephen to its knees. Now the Hungarians are taking to the streets to insist that their government not be cowed by the threats of a despotic EU leadership.
Are the Hungarians at it again? Fifty-six years ago Hungarians landed what was ultimately the fatal blow to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.


Multiracial Protest against SPLC ‘Bigots’


The Philosopher

Said one black pastor to homosexual activists: “how dare you compare your wicked, deviant, immoral, self-destructive, anti-human sexual behavior to our beautiful skin color.” What merited such a lambasting? The SPLC’s smearing pro-family organizations as “hate groups” for opposing the homosexual agenda.

Wouldn’t it be good to hear Catholic priests speaking with such conviction?


Agribusiness vs. Agriculture


Brother André Marie

Do you know the difference? If not, I suggest a glance at a blog I’ve just come across: Catholic Land Movement. In reply to our question, there is a posting on that site called “An Authentic Agriculture.” Here is the first paragraph:
Today we refer to what the giant monoculture farmers do as agriculture. This is actually a misnomer. What the vast majority of farmers do today is in actuality agribusiness. This is an important and essential distinction.


Hungary Capitulating?


The Philosopher

This, from RT: “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has promised to revise the constitution that Europeans say has breached EU rules. The European Commission earlier this week mentioned curbs on the independence of the Hungarian central bank, the early retirement of judges and supervision of the country’s data …


Prayer for Church Unity Is a Prayer For Our Own Conversion and For Non-Catholics To Enter the True Church


Brian Kelly

It’s that simple, as Father Paul Wattson intended it in petitioning Rome to approve the liturgical octave. Pope Saint Pius X approved of the octave in 1908 and Pope Benedict XV promoted its observance throughout the whole Catholic Church. The eight days of prayer begin on January 18, the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, and end on January 25, the feast of the conversion of Saint Paul. The Holy Father in his general audience yesterday called for “interior conversion” saying that the Unity Octave must not be limited to nothing more than “cordiality and cooperation.”


A Note on NH Pro-Life Victory


Brother André Marie

A little note about the pro-life victory in Saint Benedict Center’s home state. Read the following, from Lifenews.com:
Michael Tierney, an Alliance Defense Fund-allied attorney in Manchester, New Hampshire who helped promote the language, added, “It is time to get New Hampshire taxpayers out of the abortion business. Planned Parenthood’s business model is centered on abortion, and New Hampshire taxpayers want no part in it.”


Another Hungarian Uprising, Another Invasion


The Philosopher

This time it’s a kinder, gentler communist, the type who does everything in the name of democracy. From the Lew Rockwell Blog: Regime Change Express Surges Toward Budapest.
Poor Tamas Fellegi. Hungary’s envoy to the International Monetary Fund had to spend last week enduring endless lectures on democracy and fiscal responsibility from the unelected head of an international financial organization that is largely funded with money stolen from the US taxpayer.


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Saint John Chrysostom (407)

He was Patriarch of Constantinople and a Doctor of the Universal Church. He suffered terribly for his orthodoxy and his defense of the Catholic Faith, and was even exiled from his diocese. But he was beautifully supported by the holy Pope, Saint Innocent I. Saint John Chrysostom’s body is kept in the Church of Saint … …Read More »

Epilepsy

Epilepsy is named after a Sicilian martyr.  Around the same time as St. Erasmus’ victory, a 12-year-old boy named Vitus also won the palm of martrydom, with his companions Modestus and Crescentia.  According to some sources, a rather odd devotion to the saint, involving dancing, developed in the Middle Ages in Germany (where his relics … …Read More »

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This is Michael Voris at his best. Yes, I said “apostasy” in the headline. If 65% of US Catholics agree that the world is a better place because of “religious diversity,” when they could have said that Christianity should be the “one world religion,” we have that many Catholics who don’t believe in the real God (the one, true one), the real Jesus (who founded the Catholic Church, commanding it to make disciples of all nations), or the real Church (the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic one, outside of which no one at all is saved). Only 15% preferred that Christianity be the one world religion. That, by the way, is too general; but there was not option for Catholicism as the one world religion.

Here is the Vanity Fair article Voris is talking about.

Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci, Bishop of Manchester, and other leaders of Catholic institutions in New Hampshire are denouncing the recent announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) intends to implement a rule that mandates that coverage for sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs, and contraception be included in virtually all health plans, regardless of whether the employer or the insured individual has a moral objection to such drugs and procedures. Bishop Libasci said the edict represents an untenable attack on religious liberty and a radical incursion into freedom of conscience. Read More »

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The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today called upon Bay State Attorney General Martha Coakley to undertake a hate crime investigation following the vandalism of a religious statue in the Dorchester district of Boston.

A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in front of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish, at Saint Margaret’s Church, was decapitated and knocked off its pedestal in the early hours of Sunday morning, January 22nd. Read More »

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Thomas More College – Students of Thomas More College returned from their Christmas recess to an exciting surprise—a beautifully transformed chapel.

While the students were home with their families, Thomas More College’s staff and faculty joined together to install a new altar, polish and position the tabernacle in the center, unveil three new icons, buff pews, wax floors, and tastefully paint and frame the sanctuary space. Read More »

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Brother André Marie

Hungary Protests

by January 25th, 2012

Notice the sign around the 37 second mark, conveniently written in English. Hungary is far older than the institutions trying to bring her down, and dates back to Saint Stephen, crowned “Apostolic King” of the Magyars by Pope Sylvester II. May he assist his people in their hour of need. Read More »

The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today condemned the decision by the administration of President Barack Obama to enforce its mandate for contraceptive coverage in all employer sponsored health insurance plans, without a meaningful religious exemption for faith-based entities.  Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services, announced yesterday that this new regulation, stemming from health care legislation enacted in 2010, would go into effect on August 1, 2012, with a one year extension for religious affiliated organizations. Read More »

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Sursum Corda for a New Bishop of El Paso, Texas. By Father Michael Rodriguez… Read More »

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THE AMERICAN ECCLESIASTICAL REVIEW, Feb, 1944.

THE LEONARD FEENEY OMNIBUS. A Collection of Prose and Verse Old and New. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1943. Pp. xiv + 399. $3.00. Read More »

Back in Print!

The Leonard Feeney Omnibus is a collection of some of Father Feeney’s Read More »

Meditation is the cornerstone of and a necessity for salvation. Many saints have commented on this fact. Saint Alphonsus says, “Mental prayer is morally necessary for salvation.” One may ask, “how do you meditate?” Many who are not schooled in meditation Read More »

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