Category Archives: Columns
From the Laptops
“From the Laptops,” the section of our site with opinion and commentary columns, is so named as a tribute to our old journal, From the Housetops (back issues still available). If checking back here every day becomes tiresome, you can subscribe to RSS feeds of “From the Laptops.”
Color Flyer of Chapel Project
View the new color PDF flyer on our IHM Chapel building project.
Brother André Marie to Speak in Louisiana
On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Brother André Marie will be speaking at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Lacombe, Louisiana. The title of his talk is “Penance and the Conversion of America.” It will begin at 6:30 PM. The talk is sponsored by the Mysterium Fidei Latin Mass Society. All are welcome.
Temporary Fruits of Ecumenical Reflection
From the Holy Father’s Address to the Participants of the Plenary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Also the study documents produced by the various ecumenical dialogues have great relevance. Such texts cannot be ignored, because they are an important, though temporary, fruit of the common reflection matured throughout the years. Nevertheless, they are to be recognized
Is There Fight Left in Hungary?
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 … More →
Multiracial Protest against SPLC ‘Bigots’
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
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 … More →
Hungary Capitulating?
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 protection authority as a subject of infringement litigation. Orban said he was ready to compromise over disputed … More →
Prayer for Church Unity Is a Prayer For Our Own Conversion and For Non-Catholics To Enter the True Church
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 … More →
A Note on NH Pro-Life Victory
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
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 … More →
New Color Rendering of Our Future Chapel
If you look at our IHM Chapel web site, you will see a computer rendered color image of the future IHM chapel. Please take a look and please consider donating now, or making a pledge. So far, we have raised $138,610.00 in pledges, out of our $750,000 goal. Thank you to all who have contributed so far!
American Catholics Using Church Courts More
U.S. Catholics are more and more frequenting canonical courts for redress. So says TheTelegraph.com. The church has always had a court system, and for centuries canon law and civil law so closely paralleled that one could take degrees in both from the same university and practice in civil and ecclesiastical courts. This recent development in the U.S. could be a good development. After all, why … More →
