This morning, the helpful bots at Google alerted me to a news item involving the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I was at first surprised to discover that the news source was National Geographic. Then I was pleasantly … Continue reading
Author Archives: Brother André Marie
Cardinal Pizzabella, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Condemns Atrocities, Calls for End of ‘Occupation’
Dated today, the feast of Saint Raphael, His Beatitude, Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has addressed a letter to his entire Diocese. The letter is suffused with a supernatural spirit of uniting the suffering of his flock … Continue reading
Tucker Interviews a Sober Analyst, Col. Douglas Macgregor, on the Drunken Folly of the Warhawks
The interesting thing about Col. Macgregor’s take — and I am told he is generally a reliable source on military affairs — is that he believes that the war these irresponsible children like Sen. Graham want to get us into … Continue reading
Prayer to Our Lady of Palestine
Going through Brother Francis’ books after he died in 2009 — when I initially posted this prayer on our site — I came upon an old Latin-Arabic missal. It was evidently published for Latin Rite Palestinians and, presumably, other Arabs … Continue reading
Stephen Heiner’s Timely, Informative Review of the Book, Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
The book is by Ilan Pappe, an Israeli Jew. My most viewed book review of the year is, unsurprisingly, on Ilan Pappe’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. First authored in 2006, the book has perhaps never been more needed and relevant … Continue reading
Update: I’m No Longer Locked out of Facebook
Update (Oct. 23): After proving to the folks at Meta (Facebook’s parent company) that I am who I say I am, I was notified late yesterday afternoon that I once again have access to my account. After accessing it for … Continue reading
Real Love is Ordered
For this Ad Rem, I am sharing some snippets from the talk I gave at this past weekend’s Saint Benedict Center Conference, whose theme was “Cultivating and Passing on a Catholic Worldview.” The title of my talk was “‘Virtue is … Continue reading
Traditionalist Carlist Circle: ‘Statement on the War in the Holy Land’
The Traditionalist Carlist Circle, “Camino Real de Tejas” (SP3RN, Gab, Twitter, Facebook), has published a statement about the terrible violence in the Middle-East. It is an excellent statement of principles, and we embed it here for that reason. Let us … Continue reading
A Mighty Help to Our Mothers’ Heroes
We here at Saint Benedict Center are in between two big fall events — the Pilgrimage for Restoration, which has us limping and aching, and our annual Conference, which has us feverishly preparing. Because of that, my time to write … Continue reading
An Anti-Modernist Meditation on the Woman of Canaan
One of the methods to my madness in selecting subjects for my show, Reconquest, is to take scandalous current events in the Church as occasions of edifying my listeners by giving the proper Catholic outlook on a question — citing … Continue reading
At Professor Robert Hickson’s Funeral
It was my honor to drive down to Dillwyn, Virgina, for the funeral of my late friend, Dr. Robert Hickson. After a solemn pontifical Requiem Mass in the traditional rite, a twenty-one gun salute, taps, and other military honors were … Continue reading
Saint Maria Elisabeth Hesselblad: An Edifying Short Video
Elisabeth Hesselblad (1870-1957) was canonized in 2016, as the first Swedish saint since the late middle ages. She immigrated to the United States in 1888, where she converted to the Catholic Church. Her life mission became to bring the Bridgettine … Continue reading
Today is ‘National New Hampshire Day’ and 2023 Marks a Catholic Milestone in the Granite State
This morning, thanks to the Crusade Channel, I learned that today is “National New Hampshire Day.” Really! As we here at Saint Benedict Center are into localism and we live here in the great Granite State, this is something to … Continue reading
Professor Robert Hickson, R.I.P.
Our community’s old friend, Professor Robert Hickson, Ph.D., has gone to his reward. He died at his family home in Front Royal, Virginia, on the evening of September 2 at 9:29 p.m. — a first Saturday — having received the … Continue reading
Has Father Antonio Spadaro Blasphemed Our Lord?
In Papal Adviser Father Antonio Spadaro Accused of ‘Heretical Blasphemy,’ respected Catholic Journalist Edward Pentin produces his own translation from of an Italian commentary written by Father Spadaro for the August 20 edition of Il Fatto Quotidiano, which Mr. Pentin … Continue reading
