We have just arrived home from the funeral of Sister Gemma, M.I.C.M., one of the founding members of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and a Sister at Saint Ann’s House in Harvard, Massachusetts. Sister Gemma was predeceased … Continue reading
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An Itty Bitty Presentation of the Syllogism
The following is in no way intended to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject of the syllogism. (Get Brother Francis’ Logic Course for that.) It is a lopsided little introduction, being comprised of two excerpts from “It’s All or Nothing,” an apologetics … Continue reading
Pray for Conversion of Jewish Scientist Who Defends Holy Shroud
CNA: The Shroud of Turin has different meanings for many people: some see it as an object of veneration, others a forgery, still others a medieval curiosity. For one Jewish scientist, however, the evidence has led him to see it as … Continue reading
The Way to the Father
Not long ago, I penned an appreciation of the Father. Presently, I would like to consider Our Lord as the Way to the Father. That is how Jesus described Himself, and, moreover, we cannot have a filial relationship with the … Continue reading
Cardinal Müller under Fire for Defending Marriage
ROME, May 1, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Francis’ top advisor on Catholic doctrine is coming under attack as he continues to defend the Church’s teaching on marriage, family, and sexuality amid a campaign by a “progressive” faction of prelates. On … Continue reading
Filial Appeal to Pope Francis on the Future of the Family
Let Pope Francis know you would like him to reaffirm categorically the Catholic teaching that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics cannot receive Holy Communion and that homosexual unions are contrary to Divine and natural law. Please join us in supporting the urgent … Continue reading
Obama Takes Daughters to Meet a Very Sick Rock Star
NBCNews: President Barack Obama is closing out his Hawaii vacation by hanging out with Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder. Obama took his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to visit with Vedder and his family in Kailua, not far from where the … Continue reading
Oxford Scuttles Debate on Abortion
Let not the truth be heard! Pro-abortion feminist campaign threatened disruption. Catholic Herald: A barrister has said that an Oxford college’s decision not to host an abortion debate is unlawful. Neil Addison, national director of the Thomas More Legal Centre, … Continue reading
The California Drought Continues to Worsen
Catholic Online: Californians are suffering as an unprecedented drought threatens to stretch into a fourth year. Farmers and consumers have drained reservoirs and groundwater supplies which are normally recharged by rain and snow, are at record lows are are now empty. … Continue reading
The Three Goods
What do people talk about? Apart from something current in the news, like Ebola at the moment of this writing, doubtless the favorite subject of most persons is themselves and their doings. This is so much the case that another … Continue reading
Mother Marija Benedykta, a Foundress With a Passion
Aleteia: Poisoning, arson, an intrepid religious sister making her way into the former Soviet Union — it sounds like the plot of a box office thriller, rather than the makings of a reformed religious order. But the story of the fledgling Paulicrucian … Continue reading
Saint Benedict Center Novena Schedule
Our Yearly Novena Schedule When he founded the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Father Leonard Feeney intentionally established a simple devotional life for members of his foundation. Because his was to be an active Order, not primarily contemplative, … Continue reading
China: Obama Adm ‘Outraged’ Over Life Sentence for Moslem Separatist
Where is the outrage; where was the outrage, from US State Department, for the thousands of Catholics, priests and bishops, sentenced to life imprisonment in China over the past fifty years? Where is the outrage for those “missing” clergy and … Continue reading
Nigeria:100,000 Catholics Flee from Boko Haram Terrorists
Catholic Culture: As the Islamist militant organization Boko Haram gains ground in northeastern Nigeria, over 90,000 Catholics have fled their homes, Bishop Oliver Doeme of Maidiguri told the Fides news agency. “Boko Haram is determined to eliminate every sign of … Continue reading
OK Governor Blasts NYC Satanists Bringing Their ‘Filth’ to Oklahoma
The Christian Post: “It may be protected by the First Amendment,” Governor Mary Fallin said, “but that doesn’t mean we can’t condemn it in the strongest terms possible for the moral outrage which it is. It is shocking and disgusting … Continue reading