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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.



Peruvian Cardinal Prohibits Communion in the Hand

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Finally, the abuse that became the custom, is being eradicated by a prelate who truly reverences the Real Presence of Christ in His Blessed Sacrament. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of the city of saints, Lima, Peru,  informed the … Continue reading →

Pope Addresses US Bishops

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Covering many issues, the following paragraph was the highlight of the pope’s address. “Is it consistent to profess our beliefs in church on Sunday, and then during the week to promote business practices or medical procedures contrary to those beliefs?

Abortion is “Murder” and a “Negation of the Right to Life”: Maltese Bishops to Council of Europe

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CoE is deliberating a motion that calls for the decriminalisation of abortion in all 47 member states By Thaddeus M. Baklinski VALLETTA, MALTA, April 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishops of Malta and Gozo issued a press release today saying … Continue reading →

St. Thomas University Cancels Talk by Pro-Life Speaker

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The following excerpt is form Life Site News: The University of St. Thomas, a Catholic college in Minnesota, is coming under fire for canceling a planned speech by respected African-American pro-life advocate Star Parker. Parker was slated to appear at … Continue reading →

Maryknoll’s Concerns for the Common Good

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Should I be surprised that the murder of forty million babies in the United States since 1973 is not on the list for voter concerns that “Jezabel” knoll feels must be confronted in the next election? What are they concerned … Continue reading →

Italian Mother Offers Life to Save Pre-born Child

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In the spirit of Blessed Giana Molla another mother sacrifices her life in refusing a cancer treatment that would have ended the life of her unborn baby. CWN reports it here.