The embedded YouTube video, below, is a talk by our own Sister Marie Gabrielle, M.I.C.M., introducing a new book that our Sisters have authored, The Liturgical Rosary: Meditations for Each Hour, Day & Season of the Liturgical Year. (Continue reading … Continue reading
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Our Sisters at the Midwest-Appalachia CLM Conference
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
Dom Guéranger’s Essay: ‘The Christian Sense of History’
Mr. Chris De Vos, who is soon to make his Saint Benedict Center Conference debut with the talk, “Sacred History as Vital to a Catholic Worldview: Lessons from Catholic Notables of the 19th Century,” directs an apostolate called the Mary … Continue reading
At Professor Robert Hickson’s Funeral
It was my honor to drive down to Dillwyn, Virgina, for the funeral of my late friend, Dr. Robert Hickson. After a solemn pontifical Requiem Mass in the traditional rite, a twenty-one gun salute, taps, and other military honors were … Continue reading
Saint Maria Elisabeth Hesselblad: An Edifying Short Video
Elisabeth Hesselblad (1870-1957) was canonized in 2016, as the first Swedish saint since the late middle ages. She immigrated to the United States in 1888, where she converted to the Catholic Church. Her life mission became to bring the Bridgettine … Continue reading
Today is ‘National New Hampshire Day’ and 2023 Marks a Catholic Milestone in the Granite State
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
How ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ Actually Came to Massachusetts
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts member advisory… Longtime pro-family activist Amy Contrada, the Director of Research for Mass Resistance, has written a splendid and shocking new book, revealing how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts came to recognize sodomy … Continue reading
Professor Robert Hickson, R.I.P.
Our community’s old friend, Professor Robert Hickson, Ph.D., has gone to his reward. He died at his family home in Front Royal, Virginia, on the evening of September 2 at 9:29 p.m. — a first Saturday — having received the … Continue reading
Theodore E. McCarrick Escapes Temporal Justice
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts press statement… On August 30th, reporter Alice Giordano of The Epoch Times contacted the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, seeking a comment from C. J. Doyle regarding the dismissal of criminal charges against the defrocked former cardinal … Continue reading
Has Father Antonio Spadaro Blasphemed Our Lord?
In Papal Adviser Father Antonio Spadaro Accused of ‘Heretical Blasphemy,’ respected Catholic Journalist Edward Pentin produces his own translation from of an Italian commentary written by Father Spadaro for the August 20 edition of Il Fatto Quotidiano, which Mr. Pentin … Continue reading
Tucker Carlson Interviews Viktor Orbán
This interview is very much worth watching about Ukraine and Russia, NATO, prospects for peace, the place of the US in the world, how our governing class meddles in foreign elections, and the basis of Hungarian patriotism. There is probably … Continue reading
Europe Burns to the Sounds of Synodal Fiddles
Roberto de Mattei has written a worthwhile article for the Voice of the Family Digest, The Coming Civil War. The serious problem that Europe faces due to the unchecked immigration of non-assimilating Muslims will inevitably, in the mind of the … Continue reading
Worcester’s Holy Cross College Insults Bishop McManus for Upholding Catholic Morals
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… The President of the Jesuit administered College of the Holy Cross — the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in New England — has criticized Bishop Robert J. McManus and the … Continue reading
Support Bishop McManus!
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts action alert… The Bishop of Worcester, the Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, is the target of a vicious, mendacious and defamatory smear campaign orchestrated by media wolves, LGBT militants and pro-abortion politicians. … Continue reading
On ‘Synodality’: I Told You So!
It’s not something I’ve ever written before on our site: “I told you so!” But, thanks to a good Catholic friend who enlightened me years ago on the true Eastern Christian concept of church synods, I was able to include … Continue reading