Catholicism.org » Columns http://catholicism.org An online journal edited by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Richmond N.H. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:12:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Do We Need a New “Study” to Tell Us What We’ve Known for Fifty Plus Years? http://catholicism.org/do-we-need-a-new-study-to-tell-us-what-weve-known-for-fifty-plus-years.html http://catholicism.org/do-we-need-a-new-study-to-tell-us-what-weve-known-for-fifty-plus-years.html#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:32:11 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=14000 Sometimes you just want to throw up your hands. Hey, we went through it in the 60s and 70s and 80s. Send your beloved son or daughter to a typical “Catholic” college and forget about having a “Catholic” young man or woman graduate. I know I am preaching to the choir here. I mean, lesbian ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/do-we-need-a-new-study-to-tell-us-what-weve-known-for-fifty-plus-years.html/feed 3 Habeas Corpus http://catholicism.org/habaeus-corpus.html http://catholicism.org/habaeus-corpus.html#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:24:27 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=13941 Saint Thomas Aquinas, whose feast day on the new calendar was yesterday, died at the age of forty-nine in the Cistercian monastery of Foss-Nuova on his way to the second ecumenical council of Lyons. He died on the seventh of March, 1274, exactly two months before the council opened. Even though, just a few months ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/habaeus-corpus.html/feed 4 Update on Father Jarecki http://catholicism.org/update-on-father-jarecki.html http://catholicism.org/update-on-father-jarecki.html#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:04:48 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=13902 Our chaplain, Father Michael Jarecki, is now back home after a three-day hospital stay. He needs more care and attention than he did prior to his recent illness. The brothers, with the help of visiting nurses, are attending to him 24/7. We thank everyone who prayed for him. And he, who has been such an ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/update-on-father-jarecki.html/feed 2 Father Michael Jarecki Hospitalized http://catholicism.org/father-michael-jarecki-hospitalized.html http://catholicism.org/father-michael-jarecki-hospitalized.html#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:23:42 +0000 The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary http://catholicism.org/?p=13865 Our longtime chaplain, Father Michael Jarecki, was hospitalized Saturday evening at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH.  He has an infection in his leg. The problem is not life-threatening per se, but at Father’s advanced age (92), such a condition is of concern. We ask for you prayers for an indefatigable alter Christus, who has ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/father-michael-jarecki-hospitalized.html/feed 3 ‘Dear Abe Foxman… You Infuriate Me’ http://catholicism.org/dear-abe-foxman-you-infuriate-me.html http://catholicism.org/dear-abe-foxman-you-infuriate-me.html#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:20:24 +0000 The Philosopher http://catholicism.org/?p=13825 One need not be a neoconservative, a Rush Limbaugh fan, or a partisan of Israel to appreciate this Jewish lady’s frank words to Abe Foxman. I’m none of those things and I appreciate them immensely. She is not alone. There are many Jews who resent Foxman’s profiteering lefty-liberal rampages disingenuously carried out in the name ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/dear-abe-foxman-you-infuriate-me.html/feed 0 Father Schmidberger, SSPX, Thanks the Pope http://catholicism.org/father-schmidberger-sspx-thanks-the-pope.html http://catholicism.org/father-schmidberger-sspx-thanks-the-pope.html#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:30:40 +0000 The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary http://catholicism.org/?p=13818 Father Franz Schmidberger, the German District Superior of the Society of St. Pius X, sent a message of gratitude to the Holy Father on the anniversary of the lifting of excommunications from the Society’s four bishops. Included in his video recorded message to the Holy Father were these comments:

The church must again speak ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/father-schmidberger-sspx-thanks-the-pope.html/feed 0 Sedevacantism and Schism http://catholicism.org/sedevacantism-and-schism.html http://catholicism.org/sedevacantism-and-schism.html#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:07:08 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=13797 A recent little talk I gave on the sin of schism — part of my comments on the Chair of Unity Octave — prompted a question from one of my auditors: “Is sedevacantism schism?” I had to reply in the affirmative.

In the last analysis, sedevacantists reject the jurisdiction of the Pope over the universal Church. ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/sedevacantism-and-schism.html/feed 4 Commentary on Dr. Jeff Mirus’ Commentary http://catholicism.org/commentary-on-dr-jeff-mirus-commentary.html http://catholicism.org/commentary-on-dr-jeff-mirus-commentary.html#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:06:41 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=13778 Dr. Jeff Mirus has an article in the Commentary section of his Catholic Culture website called “The Coming of Christ in the Flesh,” in which he attempts to convince a biblical fundamentalist that people need not have explicit knowledge of, and divine Faith in, Christ in order to be saved. He says that this is ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/commentary-on-dr-jeff-mirus-commentary.html/feed 15 Democracy Our Downfall http://catholicism.org/democracy-our-downfall.html http://catholicism.org/democracy-our-downfall.html#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:54:12 +0000 The Philosopher http://catholicism.org/?p=13745 Patrick J Buchanan shows how those itching to spread “our way of life” throughout the world, instead of forming a pro-American network across the globe, are forging the alliances that will ultimately destroy us. It’s a form of geo-political suicide that seems inherent in democracy. Let’s dump the phony pieties; democracy is “the god that ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/democracy-our-downfall.html/feed 6 Chair of Unity Octave http://catholicism.org/chair-of-unity-octave.html http://catholicism.org/chair-of-unity-octave.html#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:13:00 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=13721 Today begins the traditional Chair of Unity octave, originally planned to last from the feast of Saint Peter’s Chair at Rome (today) until the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul on January 25. The devotion has evolved into the “Week of Prayer,” since the removal from the calendar of the feast that opened the ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/chair-of-unity-octave.html/feed 1