The Remnant has reprinted a beautiful letter by the French champion of Catholic Action, Jean Ousset: To Fly from the Cross. It is a remedy to the disease of sedevacantism, as well as to any of the other forms of … Continue reading
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Humility, Hubris, and (Neo-) Paganism
Over at Chronicles, Dr. Thomas Fleming has a concise piece of writing that covers lots of ground on how pagans, old and new, consider the virtue of humility. He contends that the best of the Greeks and Romans had an … Continue reading
Does Chemical Onanism Breed Effeminacy?
In a manner of speaking, yes. American Life League’s Katie Walker explains: A British researcher has added to the growing body of evidence showing the link between the birth control pill and the rise of the effeminate heartthrob. Dr Alexandra … Continue reading
¡Gracias a Ustedes, Una Voce Málaga!
How it happened, I can only guess. I assume that some folks in Málaga, Spain follow traditionalist events here in the United States, and all over the world (judging from the pictures) via the Internet. Some photos of Brother Francis’ … Continue reading
The Victory That Gave the Church and Christendom the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
Tom Piatak, writing for Taki Magazine online, comments here on the great naval victory of the Christians over the Mohammedan invaders in the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. He also provides a link to the magnificent poem, Lepanto, … Continue reading
Una Voce New Hampshire: Promoting the Latin Mass in the Granite State
If you are a resident of the great Granite State like we are, you may be interested in the Una Voce New Hampshire. You can find all the locations for the Classical Roman Liturgy throughout the Diocese of Manchester (which … Continue reading
2009 SBC Conference Schedule
Here is the complete schedule for our Saint Benedict Center Conference on October 30-31 (Friday and Saturday): Friday 11:30 am Registration Opens 12:00 pm Angelus and Brother André Marie’s Opening Remarks 12:30 Sister Marie Thérèse, M.I.C.M. 2:15 Brian Kelly 4:00 … Continue reading
To “Do” the Truth and “Speak” the Works
My heart hath uttered a good word, I speak my works to the king; My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly. (Ps. 44:2 Introit of Our Lady’s Mass for Saturday). But he that doth truth, cometh … Continue reading
Longfellow’s Catholic Affinity
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the greatest poets to grace the sunrise of American literature in the mid-nineteenth century, had more than a passing interest in Catholic themes. Study travels to the European countrysides, which were granted him by Maine’s Bowdoin College, … Continue reading
Longfellow and Tolkien: the Finnish Connection
What do the “shores of Gitche Gumee by the shining Big-Sea-Water” have in common with the “Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie”? The Protestant American author of Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha is not generally associated with the … Continue reading
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Democracy as Cow Herding
Clyde N. Wilson has an incisive piece over at Chronicles, on the Wilson-Obama debacle. The following paragraph, near the end, says a lot about the status of public “debate” in the fine Res Publica in which we find ourselves: What … Continue reading
No Escaping the Threes
Reminiscing over the days when I would spend hours at a time leisurely listening to Brother Francis teach and asking him questions, I thought of the countless times we played the numbers game. Brother loved to make all studies as … Continue reading
Mary Mary, Quite Military
From the pen of the intrepid Dom Guéranger, that monkish powerhouse of Catholic piety and erudition, comes this brief rundown of the two battles in whose memory the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary was gratefully instituted: Manicheism, revived … Continue reading
Brother Francis’ Obituary Online
The Cournoyer Funeral Home has posted a lengthy obituary for Brother Francis on their web site. It has some information not contained in our own online bio.
