Montreal, February 19, 2010 (St. Joseph’s Oratory) — With a palpable sense of elation, a number of priests and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross (the religious family of Brother Andre), members of the archdiocese of Montreal, and Saint … Continue reading
I am not a soccer fan. Never played the game. I don’t have any friends my age from New Jersey who did. But one of the teachers at my alma mater, Essex Catholic High School, in Newark, Brother Germaine, was … Continue reading
Despite the strident and personal tone of this open letter to Dr. Thomas Woods, the substance of Chris Ferrara’s article, “Ludwig von Mises versus Christ, the Gospel and the Church,” makes it a compact resume of the Catholic response to … Continue reading
And just the way there is no salvation apart from Jesus Christ, likewise there is no salvation apart from His Mystical Body, the Catholic Church. Abbot Marmion insists that Jesus Christ and His one true Church form one mystery (emphasis his). It is not two separate entities, as if we can accept Christ and reject His Church. No! Christ and His Church, His Mystical Body, form one inseparable mystery, and to reject His Church is to reject His Body. The Catholic Church is the extension of the Incarnation in time. To reject His Holy Catholic Church is to reject Christ Himself. Continue reading
Should we be surprised if the pseudo-mystical ecumenist babblings of neo-modernists lack coherence? I’m sorry if the question was abrupt in its asking. Let’s back up… There’s this book review in NCR, “Praying to a God who is larger than … Continue reading
It seems that the prerogatives of the Holy See and its bishop would trump certain modern notions of collegiality in the sainted mind of the Maid of Orleans. From the Trial of Joan of Arc, for 2 May, we read: … Continue reading
Anne Hathaway, who stars in silly movies, has left the Catholic Church because her brother, Thomas, has come out of the closet as a sodomite. Now, we don’t generally look to Hollywood for heroic professions of the apostolic faith. No, … Continue reading
Sometimes you just want to throw up your hands. Hey, we went through it in the 60s and 70s and 80s. Send your beloved son or daughter to a typical “Catholic” college and forget about having a “Catholic” young man … Continue reading
Saint Thomas Aquinas, whose feast day on the new calendar was yesterday, died at the age of forty-nine in the Cistercian monastery of Foss-Nuova on his way to the second ecumenical council of Lyons. He died on the seventh of … Continue reading
Our chaplain, Father Michael Jarecki, is now back home after a three-day hospital stay. He needs more care and attention than he did prior to his recent illness. The brothers, with the help of visiting nurses, are attending to him … Continue reading
Our longtime chaplain, Father Michael Jarecki, was hospitalized Saturday evening at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH. He has an infection in his leg. The problem is not life-threatening per se, but at Father’s advanced age (92), such a condition … Continue reading
One need not be a neoconservative, a Rush Limbaugh fan, or a partisan of Israel to appreciate this Jewish lady’s frank words to Abe Foxman. I’m none of those things and I appreciate them immensely. She is not alone. There … Continue reading
Father Franz Schmidberger, the German District Superior of the Society of St. Pius X, sent a message of gratitude to the Holy Father on the anniversary of the lifting of excommunications from the Society’s four bishops. Included in his video … Continue reading
A recent little talk I gave on the sin of schism — part of my comments on the Chair of Unity Octave — prompted a question from one of my auditors: “Is sedevacantism schism?” I had to reply in the … Continue reading
Dr. Jeff Mirus has an article in the Commentary section of his Catholic Culture website called “The Coming of Christ in the Flesh,” in which he attempts to convince a biblical fundamentalist that people need not have explicit knowledge of, … Continue reading
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