The Christian Review: Former resident John W. Blewett described the Catholic atmosphere in his piece Riches Above, Riches Below: “One of the Masses I loved to serve as a boy was the 5:15 a.m. mass in our parish. The church … Continue reading
Category: Catholic America
Dominican Rep Cardinal, He Speaks Like a Man
What a breath of fresh air! Imagine if all cardinals spoke like Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez! We’d have a Church Militant again. Catholic Culture: A Catholic prelate in the Dominican Republic has invited controversy by saying that the American ambassador to … Continue reading
Our Lady’s Knight
Many years ago as a young man I read an inspiring book to which I was drawn by its title: Our Lady’s Knight: The True Story of Technical Sergeant Leo E. Lovasik. I do not have the book in hand … Continue reading
Great: 350 Priests Hear Confessions at Bogota Mall
What a wonderful idea. God bless them all. That’s 350 priests at one mall for just two days. Could that happen in the USA? Wish it could. Even ten priests at a mall for two days! Bogotá, Colombia, Oct 14, … Continue reading
Happy Columbus Day / Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar
This year, the “observance” of Columbus Day (always a Monday) falls on the actual Columbus Day, October 12. The day is also the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, but this is not mere coincidence. The great Catholic explorer … Continue reading
More Exemplary Testimony About Yogi Berra the Catholic
Thank you to Brother John Marie Vianney, M.I.C.M., Tert., a baseball enthusiast to be sure, for these tidbits and clippings about the recently deceased great Yankee catcher. These were the days when athletes did not have big egos and had thick … Continue reading
Pope Francis Canonizes Father Junipero Serra
Sister Maria Philomena wrote a biography of Father Serra, The Father of California. You can read it here. In his homily for the canonization, Pope Francis stressed the zeal of the saint to spread the joy of the gospel unto … Continue reading
The Devil’s Tabernacle
When I was still in grammar school an Irish missionary priest visited our home. His name was Father Patrick Shine. He had been a missionary in Africa. He was as a traditionalist before there were “traditionalists,” a friend of and … Continue reading
The OFFICIAL Graphic for the Pope’s American Visit (SBC Version)
The media in the US have been scrambling for “papal” and “Catholic” news stories in the lead-in to Pope Francis’ American visit (September 22 – 27). With headlines like “Conservative dissent is brewing inside the Vatican” and “As Pope visit … Continue reading
Mark Twain Admired Church in Hawaii for Being ‘Unmistakably Catholic’
Servant and Steward: Finding myself in the unusual situation without another book to read at hand, I picked up a copy of Mark Twain’s Letters from Hawaii, edited by A. Grove Day (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1966). More here. … Continue reading
Holy and Heroic Priest Who Died on the Battlefield in Vietnam
Donald McClarey, The American Catholic: Born in New York City on September 11, 1929, he dreamed as a boy of being a missionary in Asia. He would go to Asia, as a priest, but as a Chaplain in the Army. … Continue reading
The Common Factor
A month ago the SBC website posted an article by me in which I wrote: “Money is not evil. We all need it. What is evil is putting it at the center of the life of the society and men … Continue reading
More Than Half of Young Catholic Families in US Identify As Hispanic
Although this survey offers other reasons why Hispanic/Latinos identify themselves as Catholic I like to think it is because they believe in Catholic religious teaching and they love the Blessed Mother. Latin Post: More than half of young Catholic families … Continue reading
Jamestown Captain Archer May Have Been Catholic
The Atlantic: After 400 years in the Virginia dirt, the box came out of the ground looking like it had been plucked from the ocean. A tiny silver brick, now encrusted with a green patina and rough as sandpaper. Buried beneath … Continue reading
False Prophets
In the Gospel of Saint Matthew (7, 15-26), Our Lord presented this warning to His disciples: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” In short, Our Lord was warning His disciples … Continue reading