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Category: Columns
Only Three Weeks to the Blueberry Fiddle Festival!
What do blueberries and fiddles have in common? Come and see at the 7th annual Richmond Blueberry Fiddle Festival, Immaculate Heart of Mary School’s unique, old-fashioned family festival. Enjoy Friday’s Fish Fry & Contra Dance, Saturday’s Fiddle Contest (endorsed by … Continue reading
The Precious Blood and Saint Catherine of Siena
In Brother André’s recent Ad Rem for July, the month dedicated to the Most Precious Blood, he relates the Precious Blood both to the Old Testament figures of the Lamb of God as sacrificial Victim, and to the unbloody “mystery … Continue reading
The Denouement
Since our announcement about Brother Francis’ health, our venerable Superior has had many visitors. Family from Canada and Ohio have joined friends and relations from the New England states coming to say their good-byes. A Benedictine Abbot and a retired … Continue reading
Australian Five-Dollar Bill Honors Catholic Convert and Humanitarian
I was reading on the CWN website this morning about a “controversy” involving Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who is scheduled for a private audience with the pope. He has let it be known that he plans to bring up … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan and Eugene Windchy vs. Charles Darwin
In his Making a Monkey Out of Darwin, the formidable Buchanan reviews a recent book by Eugene Windchy, The End of Darwinism: And How a Flawed and Disastrous Theory Was Stolen and Sold. You gotta give it to Pat; he’s … Continue reading
New York Times on ‘Scrutiny’ of U.S. Sisters
It would take too long to point out all that’s wrong with Laurie Goodstein’s New York Times piece, “U.S. Nuns Facing Vatican Scrutiny,” so I’ll cut to the chase. The last sentence of the article reads: But the investigation of … Continue reading
Brother Francis Health Update
Brother Francis has taken a downturn. We received news last week that Brother has “a couple of months” to live, due to his worsening aortic valve stenosis. This prognosis is from his very competent cardiologist at Cheshire Medical Center in … Continue reading
Not Everyone Happy with New USCCB Document
Just after I posted an appreciation of the recent USCCB document clarifying the Church’s teaching on her mission and the Jewish People, I checked my familiar news sources to catch up on what’s going on. Coincidentally, I discovered that “ADL … Continue reading
Prayers Requested for Brother Francis’ Health
Our beloved Superior, Brother Francis, who will be 96 years old on July 19, is in need of prayers for his health. Brother was in the hospital last week with congestive heart failure, a condition he is prone to because … Continue reading
The Solution to GM’s Problems?
If you’ve not read Brian Kelly’s brief and delightful biography of Venerable Solanus Casey, please do yourself the favor. This Irish-American Padre Pio ought to be better known and loved across the nation. Please Note: if any of our readers … Continue reading
Saint Francis the Doctrinaire
Father Kenneth Baker, S. J., has written a short and delightful review of a recent book on Saint Francis of Assisi: “Preach Christ to the Muslims” The volume in review is St. Francis of Assisi and the Conversion of the … Continue reading
Conserving Something or Other
Over at Taki’s Magazine, Charles Coulombe playfully takes readers on a fast-paced romp through the unfamiliar (for most people) political spectrum of what is called “Paleoconservatism.” His article, The Old Paleos and the New, seeks to explain the contrasts and … Continue reading
Much More Than a Game: A Tribute to Baseball
A magnificent writer, Elizabeth Thecla Mauro, has a passion for the sport, and boy is she good at her craft. Her team? The Yankees. Well, that’ll just have to be overlooked. She finds a nobility in the game and in … Continue reading
The Annual Pilgrimage for Restoration
The annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is a sixty-five mile walk from Lake George to the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY. For four days, pilgrims attend Mass together, walk, camp, sing pray, and compare blisters! It’s an … Continue reading
