Voyage Comics & Publishing, Philip Kosloski: Karukoski said at the WonderCon panel, “Father Francis is a wonderful character. After his parents passed away, Father Francis, his Catholic priest, became his guardian and he was an amazing fellow and as we … Continue reading
Category: Arts and Culture
The Gray Lady Anti-Christian Bias and a Day at Thomas More College
I love the part about a third-grader who, in a restaurant, recited 40 lines from Dante’s Inferno for Mr. Esolen. That impromptu delivery manifested the kind of education she was receiving at the Academy of Classical Christian Studies in Oklahoma … Continue reading
Saint Hildegard and Ola Gjeilo Make My Point
One point that I was trying to make in the piece I published yesterday, Who is the Matrix?, is wonderfully made in a sacred hymn composed by Saint Hildegard (popularly called Hildegard von Bingen). The piece is her Ave Generosa, which you can … Continue reading
Where Did the Song ‘Silent Night’ Come From?
Return to Order: The song ‘Silent Night’ is by far the most symbolic of Christmas carols. It is understandable, then, that we might wonder about the origin of such an extraordinary song. To tell the story of its origins we must start at … Continue reading
Up From the Bottom (Part Two)
“Those who have not lived before the Revolution do not know the sweetness of life.” So said, with great irony, Charles Maurice de Tallyrand, the renegade bishop who did as much as any individual to empower the French Revolution of … Continue reading
Good Movies of Old, Thoughts From Anthony Esolen
Crisis: “You young devils,” says Satan, the wily old misanthrope, wise in the ways of man, “believe you can damn the human vermin with reasoned arguments. Reason, as you should know, and for your own sake you had better remember, is of … Continue reading
A Gem of Art: The Veiled Virgin
Aleteia: Maybe not as famous as Sammartino’s 1753 Veiled Christ, Giovanni Strazza’s Veiled Virgin is another exceptional sculpture, featuring a human figure covered with a transparent shroud carved out of the very same marble block shared with the rest of the statue. The … Continue reading
A Summer Place
As I write these words, Summer is halfway through. Now, to many people, especially those living in colder climes, this is a magical season — warm, inviting, filled with vacations from work and especially school, sojourns at lake- or seaside … Continue reading
But God Is Also Beauty
God is Being, its very fullness and source. Which means that God is One, is Truth, and is Goodness. God, in fact, is each one of the transcendentals (dictionary definition, Wikipedia article). Why? Because He truly has these properties, and God’s … Continue reading
Barbarian Triumph
It was one hundred years ago, on July 17, 1918, that Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered — shot, bayoneted and bludgeoned — on the orders of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. Since his canonization by the Russian … Continue reading
The Catholic Genius and Range of Hilaire Belloc’s History, Poetry, and Prose
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) is not as well-known as he and his talent deserve. From the last years of the reign of Queen Victoria until the first years of World War II, when ill health silenced his … Continue reading
Give the School Kids a Break: For Family and Goodness Sake
I thought these six suggestions of Mr. Nielsen were great common sense. Here are a few simple suggestions to ameliorate the situation: Allow kids more rest. Studies show that teen brains need more sleep than they are getting. Starting school … Continue reading
Kentucky Governor Pleads for Reform of Sick Culture, the Real Cause for Youth Violence
Great clip here, just eight minutes, from an excellent pro-life governor. See video here http://www.kentuckynewera.com/multimedia/video/news/youtube_c2674705-960f-52ed-b8d8-9d2c34d514e4.html