In changing the traditional Douay-Rheims rendering of Genesis 3:15 from “I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel” to … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Iraq’s Dechristianization Continues
“The United Nations estimated that 683 Christians fled Mosul between February 20 and February 27. Chaldean Catholic Bishop Emil Shimoun Nona of Mosul estimated that ‘about 400 families’ had left the city’s community of 4,000 Christians.” This disheartening data comes … Continue reading
Modesty Resources
This page was originally a post. However, the subject is so important, I didn’t want it to get lost in the archives. [At our monthly Mothers’ Tea, the ladies asked for references for modest swimwear. I just borrowed the list … Continue reading
Manchester Bishop John B. McCormack to Lead Pilgrimage for Brother André’s Canonization
Bishop John B. McCormack is inviting New Hampshire Catholics to join him on a pilgrimage to Rome and other Italian holy sites from October 15-25 in celebration of the canonization of Blessed Brother André Bessette. Pope Benedict XVI recently announced … Continue reading
Abbé Georges de Nantes, R.I.P.
The Abbé Georges de Nantes, a very controversial figure in the traditionalist movement, and one of the most brilliant, who surrounded himself also with very gifted consecrated souls dedicated to the spirituality of Venerable Charles de Foucald, has died. Rorate … Continue reading
Blessed Brother André to Be Canonized October 17
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
Catholic Soccer Fans Gear Up for Clericus Cup Saturday Opener
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
Ludwig von Mises and Catholic Social Teaching
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
John Vennari on Blessed Columba Marmion’s Spiritual-Ecclesial Doctrine
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
Praying to the God That Ain’t
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
St. Joan of Arc, Papist
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’s Defection from the Church
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
Do We Need a New “Study” to Tell Us What We’ve Known for Fifty Plus Years?
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
Habeas Corpus
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
Update on Father Jarecki
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
