Saint John the Baptist is our guide, along with Isaias the Prophet, through the season of Advent. He helps us to prepare for the coming of Christ, in His mystically renewed first coming in mercy (the mystery of the Nativity), … Continue reading
Below is a YouTube video of the Reconquest episode that debuted last week, “Sanctifying the Seasons by Living Liturgically.” My guest was Charles Coulombe. For some of the links associated with this show, please go to the Reconquest site. And … Continue reading
As some high-profile scatalogical comments are garnering attention in the Catholic world and beyond, the following paragraph met my gaze this morning, from a book of meditations written nine-hundred years ago: The Meditations of Guigo I, Prior of the Charterhouse. When a … Continue reading
On this beautiful Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we had our first-ever Solemn Mass at Saint Benedict Center in Richmond. The snow on the ground reminded me of the lines of this poem speaking of the snowy “surplice” worn by earth … Continue reading
The mission of the Catholic Church is to “make disciples of all nations,” which is to say, to evangelize the entire world, in fidelity to her Divine Founder and His command recorded in the Holy Gospels (Matt. 28:18–20, Mark 16:14–18, Luke … Continue reading
Dr. Anthony Esolen, author, translator, Dante scholar, and professor at Providence College, is under attack from the Orwellian diversity enforcers at PC for daring to criticize the direction they have chosen for the school. You can read sympathetic write-ups of his situation … Continue reading
For the convenience of our readership, I am posting here the five dubia submitted to Pope Francis by Cardinals Walter Brandmüller, Raymond L. Burke, Carlo Caffarra, and Joachim Meisner (courtesy of Thomas McKenna). Note: dubia is the plural of dubium, so … Continue reading
When people claim that democracy tends to be manipulated by the oligarchs — as I have posited here, here, and here — it is men like the liberal atheist George Soros they have in mind. On the one hand, Mr. Soros sponsors groups … Continue reading
Our Sisters authored a pamphlet on the Holy Rosary that we have been giving out for many years now. It was recently suggested by a grateful recipient of the pamphlet that we make it available on our web site. Hence … Continue reading
Below is a freebie video of one of my shows, brought to you by the YouTube channel, Sensus Fidelium. The topic is a Fifth Column in the Church, and my guest is Joe Doyle, the Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of … Continue reading
The wake will be Wednesday, November 9, from four to seven o’clock pm in Saint Joseph’s Hall at Saint Benedict Center. The funeral Mass will be on Thursday, November 10, at 10:30 am, also at Saint Benedict Center, followed by the burial … Continue reading
My Father, Wilfrid A. Villarrubia, died at 5:08 AM on All Souls Day, in the Intensive Care Unit of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. He had received Extreme Unction on Wednesday and the Apostolic Blessing yesterday morning (All … Continue reading
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