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.



Islamification Updates

Two disturbing reports remind us that Europe is being taken over by Islam: Islam to be primary religion in Brussels within twenty years British Muslims To Outnumber Christians?

Support for Sally Kern against Homosexual Attacks

By John-Henry Westen OKLAHOMA CITY, April 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Representative Sally Kern, a devout Christian and Oklahoma legislator, has been targeted by some of the nation’s largest and most radical homosexual groups, she has received over 27,000 vulgar, hate … Continue reading

The Bigger Fed: More Socialism?

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced Monday new proposed powers for the Federal Reserve which would give the banking special interest control of much of the financial regulatory system in the United States and lead the country further into socialism. [Full … Continue reading

Magdi Christian Allam: Europe is Sick from Relativism

Interviewed by an Argentine newspaper, the courageous new convert, Magdi Christian Allam, knocks European relativism and political correctness about religious matters. He seems to grasp that a religiously emaciated Europe cannot stand up against a surly Islam bent on takeover.

Moral theologian raps CRS on condom policy

San Francisco, Apr. 1, 2008 (CWNews.com) – A leading Catholic moral theologian has called the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to task for condoning condum use in the fight against AIDS. Writing in the April issue of Catholic World Report, German … Continue reading

St. Patrick, the Snakes are Back!

Irish government readies proposal for same-sex unions Dublin, Apr. 1, 2008 (CWNews.com) – The Irish government will soon introduce legislation giving same-sex couples most of the legal benefits of marriage, the Irish Times reports. The government is completing preparation of a … Continue reading

Major Conference News: New Speakers

Three new speakers have been confirmed for our July 18-20 conference. The conference site has the information: Philip F. Lawler to Speak Brian Kelly to Speak Tim Ehlen to Speak

Atheist Biologist Expelled from ‘Expelled’ Screening

A friend of Richard Dawkins, the atheist biologist P.Z. Meyers, was removed from an invitation-only screening of Ben Stein’s new move. “I hope PZ’s experience has helped him see the light,” Mathis said.  “He’s distraught because he could not see … Continue reading

EU Erodes Irish Catholic Identity

From Catholic World News: In February the European Commission warned the Irish government that the nation’s anti-discrimination policies do not measure up to European standards. The European Commission cited the Irish law that allows Church-related institutions such as schools, hospitals, … Continue reading

Ronald McDonald Cozies Up To Homosexual Movement

Restaurant chain puts executive on board of US homosexual chamber of commerce. By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, March 31, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) has announced that Richard Ellis, vice president of … Continue reading

Hilary Clinton Rally at Eerie PA Catholic College Causes Bishop to Cancel Appearance

Pro-Life Group Plans Demonstration By John-Henry Westen ERIE, PA, March 31, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hillary Clinton is going to hold a campaign rally at Mercyhurst College tomorrow, Tuesday, April 1, 2008.  The Catholic College boasts of the pro-abortion Senator and … Continue reading

Clarification on Good Friday Prayer?

According to Haaretz, “The Vatican is expected to issue a statement next week in which the Catholic Church will make it clear that the resumption of the use of an old Latin prayer by Pope Benedict XVI during mass on … Continue reading

Why Did Pope Benedict Baptise Magdi Allam?

John Allen’s answers: For a pope committed to reawakening a strong missionary spirit in Catholicism, receiving a high-profile convert during the Easter Vigil is a symbolic way of making the point. In effect, Benedict is saying that the church shouldn’t … Continue reading

Islam Overtakes Catholicism in World Population

Islam has outpopulated us: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday. Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiled the Vatican’s newly-released 2008 yearbook of statistics, said … Continue reading

Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos on the Fruits of the Motu Proprio

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI’s outreach to traditionalist Catholics by liberalizing the use of the Tridentine Mass already is bearing fruit, said Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos. The cardinal, president of the Pontifical … Continue reading