Some How-To Tips for Would-Be Spiritual Pyromaniacs There are many analogies that can be used to describe an apostle. An apostle can be likened to a farmer who sows the seeds of the Faith. Or a fisherman. A hunter. A … Continue reading
Some How-To Tips for Would-Be Spiritual Pyromaniacs There are many analogies that can be used to describe an apostle. An apostle can be likened to a farmer who sows the seeds of the Faith. Or a fisherman. A hunter. A … Continue reading
Joe Doyle and Mike Church — both of whom will speak at the upcoming Saint Benedict Center Conference in October — discuss a range of Catholic issues in contemporary American politics in the video embedded below. The discussion was occasioned … Continue reading
Have you ever heard of the Jesuit Martyrs of Virginia? These eight Jesuits — two priests, three brothers, and three novices — should be better known. Their martyrdom took place in 1571, almost thirty years after that of the Franciscan … Continue reading
If you have not read this thought provoking posting made on X by Joshua Charles, I strongly suggest you do so. The posting has no name, but I entitled it, “Time-Delayed Revolutionaries: The Paradox of Modern Conservatism.” Mr. Charles makes … Continue reading
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… This morning, August 5, 2024, Pope Francis appointed the Bishop of Providence, the Most Reverend Richard G. Henning, as the new Archbishop of Boston and Metropolitan of the Province … Continue reading
While we on this website do not tell people how to vote, putting forth information to educate the electorate is perfectly within our purview here at Catholicism.org. If, as Aristotle thought, politics is part of the philosophical discipline of ethics, … Continue reading
A very odd thing happened to me the other day in Prague. Now Prague – like the other cities of the former Austria-Hungary – is a city I love to visit and never feel homesick in. Indeed, apart from missing … Continue reading
My old mentor, Brother Francis Maluf, once encountered a man while publicly evangelizing, who said to him emphatically, “There are two things we don’t talk about here, Brother!” Playing the naive foreigner, Brother innocently asked, “And what are they?” “Religion … Continue reading
Well, Washington’s birthday has come to us again. Despite being called “Presidents’ Day” in recent years and celebrated on the nearest Monday, February 22 is the day that the first president of the United States was born — and, not … Continue reading
Well, Lincoln’s birthday has come around again. In recent years it has been to a great extent effaced, being amalgamated with Washington’s as Presidents’ Day. But in my youth it was very much a grand occasion. This had been the … Continue reading
This morning, the helpful bots at Google alerted me to a news item involving the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I was at first surprised to discover that the news source was National Geographic. Then I was pleasantly … Continue reading
“Well, then, here we sit, an old, grey, withered, sour-visaged, threadbare sort of gentleman, erect enough, here in our solitude, but marked out by a depressed and distrustful mien abroad, as one conscious of a stigma upon his forehead, though … Continue reading
Sisters Maria Philomena and Maria Rosaria were both presenters at this past weekend’s first annual Midwest-Appalachia Catholic Land Movement Conference. The event was hosted at Edelweiss House in Greensburg, Indiana, and featured numerous other presenters. Sister Maria Rosaria’s presentation was … Continue reading
This morning, thanks to the Crusade Channel, I learned that today is “National New Hampshire Day.” Really! As we here at Saint Benedict Center are into localism and we live here in the great Granite State, this is something to … Continue reading
In the past few weeks, some very kind individual put all ten years’ worth of Triumph magazine online. For many reasons, this is an incredible breakthrough. In the decade of its existence (1966-1976), Triumph put out excellent work from some … Continue reading
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