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Brian Kelly

About Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly has been the editor-in-chief of From the Housetops magazine and Saint Benedict Center’s monthly Mancipia newsletter since January 2006. He writes the “Kelly Forum” for the latter monogram. Brian was born in 1952 in West Orange, New Jersey. He received his primary education there from the Sisters of Charity at Our Lady of Lourdes school. He graduated in 1970 from the Irish Christian Brother’s Essex Catholic High School in Newark. He spent one year at Kilgore Jr. College in Texas, transferring to Saddleback Jr. College in Mission Viejo, California, in 1972. Prompted by his valiant mother’s insistence, he first visited Saint Benedict Center in Still River, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1973, where he met Father Feeney and the philosopher who was to be his mentor ever since, Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M. Brian spent that two-semester year in Rome studying philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Angelicum. With years of experience in teaching catechetics, including a full course on the Gospels of St. Mark and St. Matthew given to interested adults, Mr. Kelly has been a student/teacher of the Faith for most of his adult life. Having studied theology, New Testament Greek and Latin, and philosophy under the tutelage of Brother Francis, Brian was able to edit many books, including: Father Feeney and the Truth About Salvation by Brother Robert Mary, M.I.C.M., Tert., Brother Francis’ two philosophy books, Introduction to Philosophy (for which he also compiled the Glossary) and Cosmology. He has also edited Brother’s Logic, which has not yet been published. These latter projects were performed around the time that he was editor-in-chief of Loreto Publications (1999-2005). Over the years, Mr. Kelly has spoken many times at the Saint Joseph Forum in Indiana and at two of the Saint Benedict Center Conferences. He has also contributed and will be contributing articles for From the Housetops.

More About the Cristeros Movie Opening June 1 in the US

CatholicOnline: “This is an international story for the world,” said Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia, who headlines an international cast in FOR GREATER GLORY. “It’s a story that needs to be told.” Garcia plays General Gorostieta, the retired military man who transformed a roughshod group of Mexican Catholics into a formidable adversary in their fight against the Mexican government’s attempts to eliminate the Catholic Church. … More →

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‘Christ’ Hospital Rehires Notorious Baby Killer Abortionist as Gynecologist

Christ Hospital of Cincinnati was founded in 1889 by James Gamble whose soap company would become Proctor and Gamble, Inc. According to the hospital website, he, and some  Cincinnati locals, “invited Isabella Thoburn, a teacher, nurse, and missionary, to come to Ohio.

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Franciscan University Drops Health Insurance Over Obamacare

LifeSite News: Franciscan University appears to be the first casualty of the new Obama HHS mandate that requires Catholic colleges, groups and businesses to pay for drugs that may cause abortions and birth control for their employees. Read more here.

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Relics of Six Mexican Priest Martyrs Venerated in Los Angeles Cathedral May 14-24

These six martyrs were canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000. The martyrdom of Father Jose Maria Robles Hurtado is highlighted in the movie For Greater Glory, the story of the Cristeros heroic resistance to the anti-clerical, masonic-supported persecution launched by the Mexican communist regime in the 1920s. The movie is due out next month. California Catholic Daily: Relics of six priests martyred during … More →

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Disinvited by Anna Maria College Kennedy Widow Will Speak at Jesuit BC

The Washington Post: The widow of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy will be giving a spring commencement speech at a Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts after all. Boston College Law School announced Friday that Victoria Kennedy will give the keynote address at its May 25 commencement. More info here.

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Obama Campaign Offered Jeremiah Wright 150K to Not Speak in Public

CatholicOnline: In a bombshell revelation, Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Barack Obama asked him not to preach until after the 2008 election. According to a report the in New York Post and a follow up on The Blaze, Obama’s staff offered money to the preacher if he would stop speaking until November. More on this here.

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White House Hijacks Mother’s Day to Push Pro-Abortion Insurance Act

LifeNews: On Sunday the pro-abortion White House hijacked the beauty of motherhood to act as if it were an advocate for the moms and babies. Placing an e-card on its website, the White House declared: Being a mom isn’t a preexisting condition. Read more here.

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The Nine Prayers of Holy Mass That Forgive Venial Sins

There are nine prayers in the Ordinary of the traditional Latin Mass that may be efficacious for the forgiveness of venial sin.


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20,000 March in Ottawa to Stop Abortion

LifeNews: Almost 20,000 pro-life people showed up in Canada’s capital to take part in the 2012 March for Life to demonstrate their opposition to unlimited abortions and taxpayer funding of abortions. Read more here.

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Three ‘Theologians’, Teachers at Jesuit Colleges, Accuse US Bishops of ‘Moral Schism’

The utter perversity is that these depraved enemies of truth are teaching at Catholic colleges and corrupting young students with impunity. Catholic Culture: Three theologians who teach at Jesuit institutions–Paul Lakeland of Fairfield University, Daniel Maguire of Marquette University, and Frank Parella of Santa Clara University–blasted the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for its opposition to same-sex marriage. More here.

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New Jersey’s Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich and Michigan’s Bishop Baraga Declared Venerable

I was very much interested in the cause of Sister Miriam Teresa back in the late 1960s and early 70s. My aunt, Sister Mary Susan Boyle, was stationed at the Sister Miriam Theresa League House in Convent Station, New Jersey. She worked closely with Sister Zita who was in charge of the League.

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Chinese Party Official Dares to Say Happiness is not in Communism or Mao but the Individual

AsiaNews: Many people are betting that this sentence will “go down in history”: “We must do away with the mistaken idea that the happiness of the people is a favor bestowed by the Party and the government”.  It was expressed by none other than the party secretary of Guangdong, Wang Yang (pictured), during a meeting with high level senior officials in the richest region of … More →

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Archaeologists in Jerusalem Discover Miraculous Red Stones Used to Build 6th Century Church

Haartz.com: An Israeli archaeologist says he has found the site of a Sixth Century miracle documented by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. Full report here.

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Colin Powell’s Book Indicts Cheney for Misinformation and Bypassing NSC to Push Iraq War

Huff Post Politics: In his new book, former Secretary of State Colin Powell provides what may be the most authoritative confirmation yet that there was never a considered debate in the George W. Bush White House about whether going to war in Iraq was really a good idea. Read full article here.

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Cincinnati Inner-City Catholic Boys School Giving a Classical Education

Our Sunday Visitor: In a Cincinnati, Ohio, neighborhood that in 2006 had the highest crime rate in the city, 20 boys, grades K to 8, start their school days reciting prayers in Latin. There are crucifixes in the classrooms and the students study the classics and subjects taught in challenging ways. Read more here.

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