The following is the text of an email that I just sent out to our Immaculate Heart of Mary School mailing list. Please consider this if you are a homeowner with a mortgage to pay off. The math actually works for … Continue reading
Category: Announcements
Temporary Mass Schedule Change at SBC
On Sunday, January 29, 2017, we will have only one Mass, a low Mass, at 2:00 PM. Monday, there will no Mass at SBC, nor Tuesday (except perhaps an 8:00 p.m. Mass, which is not yet confirmed). The regular Mass … Continue reading
Calling All Lovers of Wisdom!
A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, as contrasted with a sophist, who takes himself to be already wise. If you are a lover of wisdom, boy do we have an idea for you! Beginning Wednesday, February 8, we will begin … Continue reading
New Catholicism•org Now up and Running: Some Tweaks Still Coming
The new site is running now. We have yet to add a photo gallery feature to the main page, to implement a social sharing plugin, and to touch up a few other odds and ends. We may also make some … Continue reading
Notice: Scheduled Maintenance on Catholicism.org Tonight
At around 10:00 EST tonight, our site will be down for several hours as our web designer implements the new design. In addition, there may be some intermittent irregular performance over the next couple of days as we troubleshoot the site. … Continue reading
Home Available Near SBC in Richmond, NH: Complete with Blueberry Farm
Interested in locating near the Latin Mass, our school, and farming blueberries? This home and property are available: 44 Monument Rd, Richmond, NH 03470 (Richmond Blueberries) 3 beds 1 bath 1,640 sqft A quiet country road leads you to the fresh … Continue reading
A Blessed and Merry Christmas to You All!
Thank you to all our benefactors for getting Saint Benedict Center through another year! Your kindness and generosity is, as always, very much appreciated. Below Duccio di Buoninsegna’s lovely Nativity painting is my annual Christmas letter, already sent to our … Continue reading
A Chance to Memorialize Something Beautiful for Divine Worship at Saint Benedict Center
We have an opportunity to purchase the vesting cabinet pictured below when it becomes available very soon. This used cabinet will make a very welcome addition to our sacristy, allowing us to store vestments and other accessories of sacred worship … Continue reading
Wilfrid Villarrubia Wake and Funeral Arrangements
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
Wilfrid Villarrubia, My Father, RIP
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
Protest Emily Rooney’s Slander of Padre Pio
If you have not read yesterday’s release by the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, please do so and consider this action item: Please contact WGBH and let them know how outraged you were by Emily Rooney’s contemptuous and unjust slander of … Continue reading
Conference Update: Frà Alexis Bugnolo to Speak
The learned and much labored Brother Alexis Bugnolo will be speaking at our conference this year. Brother Alexis is translator of the works of Saint Bonaventure, Registrar of the Scholasticum, author of the Italian language L’osservanza antica, and editor of the scholarly and … Continue reading
Reconquest Episode 41: Mary in the Hebrew Scriptures. Guest: Sister Maria Philomena
Sister Maria Philomena, director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom, is my guest for this episode. Sister and I will discuss the typology of Mary in the Old Testament. (This is the promised sequel to my earlier show, Looking at Old … Continue reading
TALK TO US! Catholicism.org Site Redesign: We Want Your Ideas
We are currently talking to our site designer about a total site redesign for Catholicism.org. The new site will be wider, mobile friendly, as well as graphically more attractive and faster. What would you like to see on the new version … Continue reading
Reconquest Episode 39: Christ’s Finished Work
In Episode thirty-nine of Reconquest, I consider “Christ’s finished work.” In so doing, I am replying to an objection I received via email by a Baptist gentleman who listens to the show. He said he often finds himself in agreement … Continue reading
