At about 9:00 AM this morning, Saturday, September 5, our beloved Superior, Brother Francis, M.I.C.M., went to his reward. Brother had received Holy Communion in the morning, and a few hours later quietly slipped away with little warning. His death … Continue reading
The daughter of a friend of mine asked me some years ago if, for her class project, I could answer some questions about the angels. She sent me twenty-six questions. And very intelligent questions they were. Some were not so … Continue reading
A peculiar time it was for the Church in the latter part of the thirteenth century. No, there was no shortage of saints, or great theologians, philosophers, inventors, and good rulers; they were plentiful, but for almost three years there … Continue reading
The author pages on our site (e.g., Gary Potter’s) are now improved. These pages list all of the articles and columns by each author on the site. Simply click on the hypertext name of the author and you will see … Continue reading
That’s what he used to say jokingly when asked what his religion was. We all love John Wayne for his great films, but waiting to the last hour to come into the Church was highly un-commendable. In fact, according to … Continue reading
Three days ago, I posted a notice concerning a significant book by Monsignor Brunero Gherardini. Today, I would like to give a hat tip to Carlos Antonio Palad at Rorate Caeli for making public another major monsignoral moment for tradition. … Continue reading
Martha Dandridge was a widow when she married our first president in 1759. Of her four children from her previous marriage to Daniel Parke Custis there were only two surviving when she remarried: John, age five, and Martha, age three. … Continue reading
O Canada! In “Neither practising nor believing, but Catholic even so,” we learn of the tragic state of the Church in Quebec. The article summary reads: “The ‘baptized pagans’ of Quebec, the most secularized society in the Western world, have … Continue reading
[Update: Monsignor Brunero Gherardini’s book can be purchased now. The English title is The Ecumenical Vatican Council II: A Much Needed Discussion. If readers “in the know” would alert us to the publication of his subsequent volumes, we would appreciate it … Continue reading
There are those who consider us at Catholicism.org truculent for wishing to convert our nation to the true faith. Such talk nowadays is not exactly au courant. Neither does it resonate sympathetic vibrations with the ascendancy of the liberal Comintern … Continue reading
One of the few magazines I enjoy reading is Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. Dr. Thomas Fleming, a very erudite gent who occasionally writes like a curmudgeon (but a funny one) is one I like to read especially. In … Continue reading
Americans for Legal Immigration have compared the Southern Poverty Law Center to Hitler and Stalin. While the SPLC’s modus operandi appears to be more … let’s call it “capitalist” … than their German and Russian counterparts, those who have dealt … Continue reading
Our Saint Benedict Center Conference has been moved back from August to October. We have also changed the venue to the Center in Richmond, NH (directions here). There will be seven speakers, three on Friday, and four on Saturday. (The … Continue reading
We apologize for the fact that our tabbed “Did you Know…?” and “Saint of the Day” feature has been disabled. (It reminds me of Psalm 11:2, “Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from … Continue reading
One more thing to add to a list of just about everything that was invented by Catholics. This one wasn’t in Michael P. Foley’s book Why Do Catholics Eat Fish On Friday: The Catholic Origin To Just About Everything, which … Continue reading
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