On the occasion of his elevation to the Supreme Pontificate of the Catholic Church, we, the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, profess our filial submission to Pope Francis. In this man, who hails from our New World, now … Continue reading
Category: Columns
An Insignificant Number of Femi-Progressivists Get Attention
Note that the report does not give numbers. This leads us to assume that the demonstrations which took place were not very large. We will change our headline when numbers in the millions are reliably documented. Judging from the one … Continue reading
Wonder Weapons and the Half-Dead
In the classic American film, Patton, there is a scene near the end during which a reporter asks General Patton a question about futuristic warfare: Correspondent: General, we’re told of wonder weapons the Germans were working on: Long-range rockets, push-button … Continue reading
The Holy Ghost, the Conclave, and the Papacy
As I was speaking to a couple of friendly Catholic teachers while traveling recently, the subject of the imminent conclave came up. When I expressed the need to pray for the cardinals to elect a worthy candidate, one of the … Continue reading
Methods of Mental Prayer Handout
“Methods of Mental Prayer” is another handout I prepared to go with the lectures on mental prayer. Below, you will find it on Scribd. Its two pages are in landscape form, and page two shows up first. If you can … Continue reading
Drone Update: You Are Fair Game, America
Remember when “conspiracy wackos” were wringing their hands about black helicopters? Now you don’t have to be a devotee of conspiracy theories to see the imminent dawn of something worse — not if two recent news stories are accurate: Eric … Continue reading
Man’s Edifice, Natural and Supernatural
“The Natural and Supernatural Edifice of Man” is a handout I prepared to go with the lectures on mental prayer. (There is also a single stand-alone lecture available on this important subject, “The Practice of Mental Prayer,” available in CD … Continue reading
Benedict ‘Completely Altered the Concept of the Papacy’?
According to the AP’s Nicole Winfield, the Benedict XVI “has completely altered the concept of the papacy” by his abdication. The full quote: Another topic facing the cardinals is the reason they’re here in the first place: Benedict’s resignation and … Continue reading
I Hate ‘Saturday Night Live’ and So Should You
I have not and will not watch the blasphemous foolishness that the malignant unbelievers at NBC produced in mockery our Holy Savior. Unless all the descriptions of it are sheer fabrications, it was pure evil. Even the LA Times said … Continue reading
Yes: They DO Have to Become Catholic!
Michael Voris takes Fox News’ clerical commentator, Fr. Morris, to task for his indifferentist remarks on air. This is a good profession of the dogma, no salvation outside the Church. “If the comment made by Fr. Morris on Fox News … Continue reading
What Our Chapel Will Look Like Inside
Here are some lovely images put together by Owen Carson to give you a clearer idea of what we’re working towards. For a bigger image, just click on each one. For more about our chapel project, please go here.
Trotskyite Turned Catholic, Thomistic Theologian Dies at 97
Before his conversion, the prolific writer, Father Benedict Ashley, was a student at the University of Chicago studying under Mortimer Adler, a Jewish Thomistic philosopher, who himself finally came into the Church at the eleventh hour, in 1999, at the … Continue reading
Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin, the Humbled One
At Mass this morning, the chaplain for Saint Benedict Center gave an inspiring sketch of the major events in the life of the Passionist Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin (1838-1862), whose feast day is today, February 27. What caught … Continue reading
Pope Issues Letter Restoring and Toughening Some Norms for Papal Election
The Oath of Obedience has been reinstated and the ipso facto excommunication, latae sententiae, has been restored as penalty for any elector “or technician” (there are two in the conclave) who violates the oath of secrecy during and forever after the … Continue reading
Prayers for the Election of a Holy and Zealous Pope
Catholics should all pray for the Holy Father daily. During the period of sede vacante following Pope Benedict’s abdication from the Chair of Peter, we at Saint Benedict Center will be offering the following prayers in lieu of the prayers … Continue reading
