As Pat Archbold notes, however, in his post in Tuesday’s National Catholic Register, graphic pictures of aborted babies are deemed offensive by the same “officials.” In their warped minds, mothers who plan to kill their pre-born babies have a right … Continue reading
June 13 was the birthday of Jerome Lejeune (1926-1995), devout Catholic and geneticist who discovered the cause of Down Syndrome. On her blog yesterday, Rebecca Taylor posted her father’s recollections of the time he spent with Dr. Lejeune in 1978, … Continue reading
That’s the headline in the Catholic Online story on the Pilgrimage for Restoration.The article was originally published in the May 12, 2011 edition of The Wanderer, and was written by our own Brother Andre Marie, M.I.C.M. Young and Old Catholics … Continue reading
Life is good, and weird. An Anglican group in Maryland is joining the Catholic Church under the terms of Anglicanorum Coetibus. That’s the good part. The weird part is the news coverage: In many ways, St. Luke’s won’t resemble the … Continue reading
The teaser line for the article summarizes it nicely: “When the Massachusetts legislature voted in 1966 to end the last all-out ban on contraceptives in the nation, it was with the approval and assistance of the Boston Archdiocese.” Catholic World … Continue reading
Having been a regular at Saint Benedict Center since 1973, I have been blessed with nothing but the Tridentine Latin Mass. I did, however, spend some time in a seminary in California, in the early 70s, which had the Latin … Continue reading
In his Letter to the Church in China, May 27, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI established May 24, the feast day of Our Lady Help of Christians, as a Universal Day of Prayer for the Church in China. A year later … Continue reading
In March of 2000, Joe Sobran — may his soul rest in peace — wrote a wonderful piece called “In Defense of Bob Jones.” It was recently brought to my attention by a good friend who knew Joe and, like … Continue reading
The MICM Sisters, who run Immaculate Heart of Mary School have just begun to send out an email newsletter. It is to be a monthly. The first issue of it may be sampled online here. The school also has a … Continue reading
Today, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei has published its long awaited instruction on the application of the papal motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum. Entitled Universae Ecclesiae, the document, when enforced, will help to protect … Continue reading
One would like to see Catholics as spirited in their defense of the Faith, but, at the natural level, it’s refreshing to see some good ‘ol boys from my home state (and alma mater) showing zero tolerance for bogus, iconoclastic … Continue reading
Those in Massachusetts who do not know about the Latin Mass at St. Joseph’s in Fitchburg, please take note. Father David Phillipson, Saint Benedict Center’s resident priest, offers the Mass there every Sunday: All Masses are High Masses with very … Continue reading
Speakers so far lined up: Mr. Gary Potter, Dr. Robert Hickson, Mr. Charles Coulombe, K.C.S.S., Dr. G.C. Dilsaver, Mr. C. Joseph Doyle, Br. André Marie, M.I.C.M. This year’s SBC Conference will be Friday October 7 to Saturday October 8, following … Continue reading
This is an intriguing article by Ronald J. Rychlak of Inside Catholic. I knew that Rosecrans was a Catholic convert but I never knew that Lincoln requested him for his Vice President for his second term. I was stunned, but … Continue reading
The Vietnam war had a certain Catholic undertow to it. The Buddhist monks that we saw on television lighting themselves on fire were protesting policies of the Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem. The recently deceased Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, being … Continue reading
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