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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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.
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
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