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About Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly has been the editor-in-chief of From the Housetops magazine and Saint Benedict Center’s monthly Mancipia newsletter since January 2006. He writes the “Kelly Forum” for the latter monogram. Brian was born in 1952 in West Orange, New Jersey. He received his primary education there from the Sisters of Charity at Our Lady of Lourdes school. He graduated in 1970 from the Irish Christian Brother’s Essex Catholic High School in Newark. He spent one year at Kilgore Jr. College in Texas, transferring to Saddleback Jr. College in Mission Viejo, California, in 1972. Prompted by his valiant mother’s insistence, he first visited Saint Benedict Center in Still River, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1973, where he met Father Feeney and the philosopher who was to be his mentor ever since, Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M. Brian spent that two-semester year in Rome studying philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Angelicum. With years of experience in teaching catechetics, including a full course on the Gospels of St. Mark and St. Matthew given to interested adults, Mr. Kelly has been a student/teacher of the Faith for most of his adult life. Having studied theology, New Testament Greek and Latin, and philosophy under the tutelage of Brother Francis, Brian was able to edit many books, including: Father Feeney and the Truth About Salvation by Brother Robert Mary, M.I.C.M., Tert., Brother Francis’ two philosophy books, Introduction to Philosophy (for which he also compiled the Glossary) and Cosmology. He has also edited Brother’s Logic, which has not yet been published. These latter projects were performed around the time that he was editor-in-chief of Loreto Publications (1999-2005). Over the years, Mr. Kelly has spoken many times at the Saint Joseph Forum in Indiana and at two of the Saint Benedict Center Conferences. He has also contributed and will be contributing articles for From the Housetops.



Cardinal Egan Criticizes Giuliani for Taking Holy Communion

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NEW YORK (LifeSiteNews) – The decision by several prominent pro-abortion politicians to publicly receive Holy Communion at papal Masses during the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI, despite clear Church teaching that says that their reception of Communion would constitute … Continue reading →

Pope Addresses Young on Pilgrimage to Lourdes

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Among the inspiring words the Holy Father wrote to the participants in the annual youth pilgrimage were the following: “[C]elebrate with enthusiasm the joy of loving Christ and of believing and hoping in him, and to follow with trust the … Continue reading →

Relic tour unites military families together in prayer

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Los Angeles, Apr 28, 2008 / 10:22 pm (CNA).- A Los Angeles-based apostolate is sending relics of Catholic saints to U.S. troops based around the world and to their families in the United States.  More here.

Yoko Ono Files Suit Against “Expelled” Filmmakers Over Use of Lennon’s Atheistic Song

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“Dallas, Apr 25, 2008 / 08:50 pm (CNA).- Yoko Ono, the widow of Beatles singer and songwriter John Lennon, has with several others filed several lawsuits challenging the use and critique of Lennon’s song “Imagine” in the documentary “Expelled.” One … Continue reading →

New York Abortuary Closes After 40-Day Prayer Vigil

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New York, Apr. 25, 2008 (CWNews.com) – An abortion clinic in Rockland County, New York, announced its closing on April 25. It was one of 50 American abortion centers targeted by the “40 Days for Life” prayer campaign. Read here.

The Seven Words

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Saint Thomas Aquinas once was asked from what books he had garnered his extraordinary theo­logical wisdom. Pointing to a crucifix, the holy Doctor of the Church replied, “This is my book!” We see in this beautiful example how the wisdom … Continue reading →

Senate Democrats Object to Resolution Welcoming Pope

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Led by Senator Barbara Boxer Democrats objected to the “values” Pope Benedict placed on “each and every human life.”  It smacked of anti-abortion doctrine, they said. In this objection, are these anti-life forces admitting that the “fetus” is a human … Continue reading →

Father Raymond de Souza Takes China to Task

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Good article here which exposes the murderous regime that still runs China today, after fifty nine years of bloody tyranny, and the farce of the Olympic “torch of freedom.”