How did Saint Benedict Center begin? In 1940, a prominent Catholic laywoman, Catherine Goddard Clarke, sought permission of the then Archbishop of Boston, William Cardinal O’Connell, to establish an educational oasis of Catholic truth close to the renowned secular universities that dominated the area. ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/a-brief-history-of-saint-benedict-center.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/father-paul-of-graymoor-founder-of-the-society-of-the-atonement-and-father-of-the-church-unity-octave.html http://catholicism.org/father-paul-of-graymoor-founder-of-the-society-of-the-atonement-and-father-of-the-church-unity-octave.html#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:52:32 +0000 Eleonore Villarrubia http://catholicism.org/?p=13732 Every Catholic of a certain age remembers the week in January when the Church Unity Octave or the Chair of Unity Octave was celebrated liturgically. The Octave began on January 18, Feast of St. Peter’s Chair in Rome, and ended on January 25, Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. But, do we ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/father-paul-of-graymoor-founder-of-the-society-of-the-atonement-and-father-of-the-church-unity-octave.html/feed 4 http://catholicism.org/defending-christendoms-gates.html http://catholicism.org/defending-christendoms-gates.html#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:54:40 +0000 Eleonore Villarrubia http://catholicism.org/?p=12991 (Book Review:  Islam at the Gates:  How Christendom Defeated the Ottoman Turks by Dr. Diane Moczar; Sophia Press.)

It is my habit when I sit down to read a book, with the intention of reviewing it, to take pen in hand in order to mark off the most important, most interesting, and most striking passages. Half ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/defending-christendoms-gates.html/feed 2 http://catholicism.org/the-thirteenth-the-greatest-of-centuries.html http://catholicism.org/the-thirteenth-the-greatest-of-centuries.html#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:26:41 +0000 Sister Marie Pierre, M.I.C.M., Tert. http://catholicism.org/?p=12705 “It had great thinkers, great rulers, great teachers, great poets, great artists, great moralists and great workmen. It could not be called the material age in any special degree. It was equally poetic, political, industrial, artistic, practical, intellectual, and devotional. There was one common creed, one ritual, one worship, one sacred language, one Church, a ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/the-thirteenth-the-greatest-of-centuries.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/humility-hubris-and-neo-paganism.html http://catholicism.org/humility-hubris-and-neo-paganism.html#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:15:40 +0000 Brother André Marie http://catholicism.org/?p=12280 Over at Chronicles, Dr. Thomas Fleming has a concise piece of writing that covers lots of ground on how pagans, old and new, consider the virtue of humility. He contends that the best of the Greeks and Romans had an elevated notion of the virtue, though one not supernaturally elevated as it is in Christianity.

The ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/humility-hubris-and-neo-paganism.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/exonerating-pope-liberius.html http://catholicism.org/exonerating-pope-liberius.html#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:55:54 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=12018 The traditional Transalpine Redemptorists have built a case that could rewrite the history of Pope Liberius as it has come to us  (they allege) only since the sixteenth century.  I haven’t the time to examine into their cause, but it certainly is intriguing — let’s hope they are correct.  You can read the full account ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/exonerating-pope-liberius.html/feed 3 http://catholicism.org/mary-mary-quite-military.html http://catholicism.org/mary-mary-quite-military.html#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:15:50 +0000 The Philosopher http://catholicism.org/?p=11807 From the pen of the intrepid Dom Guéranger, that monkish powerhouse of Catholic piety and erudition, comes this brief rundown of the two battles in whose memory the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary was gratefully instituted:

Manicheism, revived under a variety of names, had established itself in the south of France, whence ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/mary-mary-quite-military.html/feed 0 http://catholicism.org/book-review-discovering-a-lost-heritage-the-catholic-origins-of-america.html http://catholicism.org/book-review-discovering-a-lost-heritage-the-catholic-origins-of-america.html#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:24:15 +0000 Eleonore Villarrubia http://catholicism.org/?p=11699 Book Review by Eleonore Villarrubia:  Discovering a Lost Heritage: The Catholic Origins of America by Adam Miller

So, you think you know your American history? Well, this little gem of a book, a Catholic history of our country, will probably leave you quivering, both with shock at your lack of knowledge of some of the “true ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/book-review-discovering-a-lost-heritage-the-catholic-origins-of-america.html/feed 6 http://catholicism.org/washingtons-grand-stepson-a-friend-of-saint-patrick.html http://catholicism.org/washingtons-grand-stepson-a-friend-of-saint-patrick.html#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:56:01 +0000 Brian Kelly http://catholicism.org/?p=11586 Martha Dandridge was a widow when she married our first president in 1759.  Of her four children from her previous marriage to Daniel Parke Custis there were only two surviving when she remarried: John, age five, and Martha, age three.  The Washingtons had no children of their own. They were married at Martha’s estate, which ... ...Read More »]]> http://catholicism.org/washingtons-grand-stepson-a-friend-of-saint-patrick.html/feed 1