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
Category: Columns
St. Robert Bellarmine and the Traditional Mass
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
Righteous Indignation, Louisiana Style
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
Fr. David Phillipson’s ‘Other’ Apostolate: Traditional Mass in Fitchburg, MA
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
2011 SBC Conference UPDATE
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
Catholic Civil War General Almost President of the United States
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
In Rome, Madame Nhu Dies at 86
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
Hungary Passes New Constitution: Invokes St. Stephen, Protects Family, Marriage, and Condemns Abortion
The Constitution begins “God Save Hungary!” Can this be a flame to reignite a Catholic Christendom in Europe? Read this great news and pray for Hungary. Here’s the start: God, Save Hungary
Who Were the First American Missionaries to China?
I was surprised to read that they were all Franciscans. Pat McNamara’s blog has this fascinating information in his column from a couple of weeks ago. Three of the first American missioners were blood brothers, born in Germany, who, in … Continue reading
God’s Rights Come First: Evil Art Destroyed
Bravo et merci beaucoup to the French Catholic youths, who concluded that God’s rights come before someone’s blasphemous and sacrilegious “freedom of expression.” From CWN: Armed with hammers and screwdrivers, four protestors in Avignon destroyed a blasphemous 1987 photograph of … Continue reading
Carlistas: Real Catholics Facing the Enemy
We’ve mentioned our Spanish brothers in the Traditionalist Carlist Communion. They are currently gathering to plan their resistance to acts of sacrilege and blasphemy such as what we’ve recently reported. God bless them! We are encouraging our members and supporters … Continue reading
Seattle School Bans Term “Easter Egg,” New PC Label Is “Spring Sphere”
The Fundamentalists accuse English speaking Catholics of invoking some German goddess of Spring named “Oestre” in calling the Feast of the Resurrection “Easter.” This is, of course, not true. In Christian England the word “Easter” was always used in reference … Continue reading
July 14, 1931, The Day a Block on East 131st Street in Harlem Went Silent
I could have also subtitled this column: “The Dynamic Duo: the Jewish Priest and the Negro Foundress.”
Update: Sitting Bull’s “Conversion” Downgraded to “Possible,” or Only God Knows
Mark Armstrong, writing in yesterdays Catholic Lane website, relates the more likely story. Consequently, I am deleting my previous column, which is lacking in historical source verification: Was Chief Sitting Bull a Catholic convert? Did he convert William “Buffalo Bill” … Continue reading
A Comment about Comments
There were several comments made on our site last week that were not approved for posting till the weekend. Our brothers have been on their Lenten retreats these couple of weeks, and the Brother Moderator was away last week. That’s … Continue reading
