This is a press release sent to local media outlets announcing the Solemn Mass that marks the grand opening of IHM Chapel. Thank you, Benefactors! Following the press release are a few facts about the new IHM Chapel that may … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Anne DeGaulle: She Could Only Utter One Word, ‘Papa’
Historian Donald McClarey posted another gem, a moving tribute to Charles DeGaulle and his wife Yvonne that I encourage all our readers to read. It recounts the couple’s devotion to their severely retarded and handicapped daughter Anne. Anne was Charles’ … Continue reading
NICAEA: An Epic Movie in the Making
(Randy Engel/RenewAmerica) Following in the tradition of Mel Gibson’s ground breaking masterpiece, The Passion of Christ, the film Nicaea promises to be the second in what I hope will be a growing trend in the cinematic presentations of the divine … Continue reading
Pat Robertson is Dead Wrong!
A few days back the supposedly pro-life Robertson was answering questions from his viewers on his world-wide broadcast of the 700 Club – the flagship show of a televangelism empire Robertson constructed around himself and is now passing on to … Continue reading
Attention Catholic Men: Get Dressed
(Reproduced with permission from The Catholic Gentleman.) Society is growing more and more casual. I have seen people shopping for groceries in their pajama pants and fuzzy slippers. I’ve been to world-class classical concerts where people are dressed in Hawaiian … Continue reading
Prayer and Petition for the FFI
Ave Maria! The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary express our deep fraternal respect and sympathy to our friends in the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. A most troubling situation has afflicted their community. We have avoided saying anything … Continue reading
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Bishops and Clergy to Consecrate Ireland to Immaculate Heart August 15
This is great news and is certainly necessary for the restoration of the Faith in Erinn. Other countries that have been consecrated collegially to the Immaculate Heart of Mary include (I am not counting what would be a long list … Continue reading
Boston Mayoral Candidates Support Discrimination
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized the eight candidates for Mayor of Boston who indicated they would engage in unlawful discrimination against religious believers who defend traditional morality. In a poll released yesterday by The Boston Globe, one … Continue reading
When is Pornography Not Indecent? When the Government Says So!
Morality in Media protested the sale of the smutty magazines Playboy and Penthouse on US Military Bases. In response, Uncle Sam declared that said smut is not considered sexually explicit under federal law. This remarkable aptitude for redefining reality may … Continue reading
Happy Feast of St. Ignatius, Co-Founder Bl. Peter Faber to be Canonized
Yes, his canonization is long overdue. Deo Gratias. The innocent and devout Peter Faber, who also attended the Sorbonne while Loyola and Xavier were there, was the first called by Saint Ignatius to join him in doing the Spiritual Exercises … Continue reading
Another Wonderful Miracle of Padre Pio, the Blind Girl With No Pupils
Over thirty years ago, I have forgotten the exact year, I was in a very fine seafood restaurant on the Gloucester, Massachussetts harbor. Behind the host’s reception desk, among many photos of fishing boats, was a boat named “The Padre … Continue reading
Twelve Apparitions of Christ Between His Resurrection and Ascension
Perusing through some old files of mine I came across a list of Catholic twelves, and there are many: Twelve Apostles; twelve articles of the Apostles Creed; twelve days of Christmas; twelve fruits of the Holy Ghost; twelve tribes of … Continue reading
Catholic Couple in Custody in Pakistan, Latest Victims of ‘Blasphemy Law’
The outrageous “blasphemy law” of Pakistan is meant to muzzle Catholics from ever expressing their Faith in public. Some of the accused are assassinated, or killed by mobs, others, like Asia Bibi, still languish in wretched prisons. One thousand Christians … Continue reading
Helmut Schuller, Austrian Modernist, Speaks in Dedham, Mass.
On Wednesday night, former monsignor Helmut Schuller spoke at the First Church and Parish in Dedham (Unitarian Universalist), following a decision by Cardinal Sean O’Malley prohibiting Saint Susanna’s Parish in Dedham from showcasing the Austrian dissident. Saint Susanna’s, along with … Continue reading
