Sister Maria Philomena was a contributor to a recently published and now best-selling book, Amazing Grades. Her contribution to the volume is entitled “From Loathing to Loving Literature: Questions to Ask So You Can Master Any Book.” Here is the … Continue reading
Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, has assigned some of the blame for the shooting of a security guard at the organization’s Washington, DC offices to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC had labeled the FRC … Continue reading
The piece that I just posted — The Demonic — would have been much longer had I not been forced to shorten it for very good reasons. These few follow-up thoughts might be considered “leftovers” from that piece. First, I … Continue reading
And before that there’s the “wedding shower.” Friends had a couple of wedding showers for my wife, so we are guilty of this as well. But the wedding was very frugal and the reception was totally a work of charity … Continue reading
My wife and I have just returned from one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever attended. The bride looked so lovely and the groom was all smiles, all the time. As the Country Western song goes, “love was … Continue reading
Joseph F.X. Sladky pays honor to Garcia Morena in today’s issue of Crisis Magazine: On 6 August 1875, in the Plaza Major of Quito, Ecuador, a man lay dying. It was the First Friday of the Month. Earlier, after spending … Continue reading
Among the slogans of “politically correct” language there is the term “religious liberty”, which is used incorrectly at times by Catholics as a synonym for freedom for the Church or freedom for Christians. In reality the terms and concepts are … Continue reading
It’s not the first time, either. (Lifesitenews.com) On July 24 President Barack Obama used his daughters as props to promote abortion, stating at an Oregon fundraiser (video here): Mr. Romney wants to get rid of funding for Planned Parenthood. I … Continue reading
As reported earlier, the Newland family, who own Hercules Industries, won a partial victory in their case against Kathleen Sebelius and the Obama Administration’s HHS contraception mandate. Reading legal complaints is hardly something one would do for the purposes of … Continue reading
This poem is dedicated to judgmental people everywhere.1 Your virtues, they are vices; Your deeds are each a sin. Inside no tad of goodness; Your bright veneer is thin. Your thoughts must all be darksome Your plans self-serving, too. That … Continue reading
National Catholic Register: Close friend [Corey] Callahan, a Buddhist, “said A.J. Boik was a gifted and popular high-school baseball player who was known mostly for his uncompromising Catholic faith. ‘He was the most faithful person I’ve known,’ Callahan said. ‘Before … Continue reading
Chanting mantras (i.e., invocation of demons), fire walking, financial success fanaticism, glassy-eyed giddiness, and collective brainwashing, such is the strange world of Tony Robbins’ ka-ching ka-ching empire. Now about twenty-one Robbins sycophants are really hurt, some hospitalized with severe burns … Continue reading
…the Benedictines, Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, and Carmelites in the parish church when the lights went out? If not, you really need to. Mirth is good for you. During a Eucharistic Congress, a number of priests from different orders are gathered … Continue reading
Back in March and again in June I posted some commentary and links to articles on this saintly and silent martyr in-the-making. After reading this update you can reference three previous posts about Asia on our website here.
(Kreuz.net/Eponymous Flower) — Even in the capital city of Russia the little plants of the Old Mass are showing themselves to a greater and more powerful tree. A German Cleans up Moscow Since January 2011 there has been a website … Continue reading
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