The only uncle I ever had was a remarkable individual who spent much of his life as a Jesuit missionary in a far off land. Edwin G. McManus, two years younger than my father, was born November 12, 1908 in … Continue reading
Category: Articles
Capitol’s Statuary Hall and Father Eusebio “the Chinaman”
This author wrote an article back in February, 2006, about four Catholic missionaries whose statues stand in Washington D.C.’s Statuary Hall. Two are beatified, two should be: Hawaii’s Blessed Damien the Leper (to be canonized this fall), Blessed Junipero Serra … Continue reading
The Basilian Nuns of Minsk: The Ordeals of Saintly Mother Makrina
On 11 February 1869, Mother Irena Makrina Mieczyslavska (1784-1869), the Ihumena, or abbess, of the nuns of the Order of St. Basil the Great in White Ruthenia (today the Republic of Belarus), died in the odour of sanctity in the … Continue reading
Two Poems of Brother Francis
Protesting The Unitarian Dr. Lee Is pleased he does not disagree With God on points, — perhaps two or three.
Father Bernard Vaughn’s Humor
(A story about Father Bernard Vaughn) One day, Father Bernard Vaughn was in a small town in Lancashire, called Wigan. He was leaving the town, and was standing in the railroad station awaiting the train, which was late. He went … Continue reading
Mother of Mercy
Our Blessed Lady told St. Bridget that she was the Mother not only of the just and innocent, but also of sinners, provided they are willing to repent. O how prompt does a sinner (desirous of amendment, and who flies … Continue reading
Joseph Chihwatenha: Red Man Without a Cause
From 1542-1834, there were 117 martyrs who shed their blood for the Faith in the land that became the United States. During those years all of them had been referred to Rome as candidates for canonization. Only the three of … Continue reading
The Bible Only?
For the sake of brevity, clarity, and up-frontness, I will state the purpose of this article before the first period is typed: It is to show that the Protestant doctrine of sola scriptura is a false doctrine of man which … Continue reading
St. Peter and Church Unity
The Catholic Church alone can trace the origin of her authority across nearly 2000 years and over two hundred-sixty successive men to Simon Bar Jona, the man renamed by Christ as “Peter.” In fact, a very simple description of a … Continue reading
Pelagius Lives
(See the From the Housetops editor’s introduction to this article.) The February 1991 issue of the Catholic magazine 30 Days featured a very striking cover designed by Romano Sicillani. Michelangelo’s famous painting from the Sistine Chapel, the Fall and Expulsion … Continue reading
It’s NOT the Economy, Stupid
Most Americans have money much on their minds these days. The nation, it is said, faces the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, if it is not already in its grip. Sometime early in the new … Continue reading
Blessed John Mazzucconi and the New Guinea Battlefield
A few weeks ago I was browsing in the biography section of our monastery library, when a book with an attractive blue cover caught my eye. On the cover was a color photograph of a beach in the Pacific islands … Continue reading
Jesus and Mary: The Perfect Harmony
For two thousand years now, scholars, theologians, and poets have attempted to plumb the depths of a certain human being in order to gain a better understanding and appreciation of God’s love for suffering humanity. They have studied the doctrines … Continue reading
Royal Russian Converts: The Two Princes Galitzin
The name Galitzin should be known and loved by every American Catholic. Prince Dimitrius Augustine Galitzin was the second priest ordained in the United States, and the first to receive all of his clerical orders here. He worked as a … Continue reading
Salvation in the Psalms
Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way, and opened to us the scriptures? (Luke 24:22.) This is what the two disciples on the way to Emmaus were saying to each other, after hearing the … Continue reading
