We at Saint Benedict Center are saddened by the new motu proprio, Traditionis Custodes. We also hold that Quo Primum retains its full force in granting to every priest of the Roman Rite the right to celebrate Holy Mass according … Continue reading
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Father Robert McTeigue Interviews Joe Doyle and Brian Camenker
Father Robert McTeigue, SJ, interviewed two Boston culture warriors on the subject “Do Traditional Views Have a Political Home?” One of these is Catholicism.org contributor and Saint Benedict Center conference speaker, C.J. (Joe) Doyle. Below is an embedded audio file … Continue reading
O Virgin Most Prudent
I’ve been writing some things lately on the cardinal virtue of prudence (The ‘Mother’ of Virtues as a Remedy to Pervasive Surrealism, and Knowing the Real and Doing the Good, with more to come in a couple of weeks). We … Continue reading
My Interview with Steve Cunningham on the Necessity of Philosophy
Steve Cunningham, of Sensus Fidelium and the “Resistance Podcast” interviewed me last month about the importance of philosophy and specifically on Brother Francis’ philosophy course. We are offering a discount to Steve’s listeners, which readers can avail yourselves of here … Continue reading
The Love of Friendship and the Virtue of Prudence
Regular readers of this site will have noted that friendship is a theme that has been considered in these pages from different angles. Aside from Dr. Robert Hickson’s Evil Friendships in History and Brian Kelly’s brief, The Devil Has No … Continue reading
2021 Saint Benedict Center Conference: Date, Theme, Speakers, Etc.
I am happy to announce our conference theme for this year, as well as other pertinent details, including a partial list of conference speakers. Please click here to register. For more information or to register by phone, please call Russell … Continue reading
My Two Talks at the Crusade Congress: ‘Christendom’s Building Blocks, Catholic Communities’
This past Spring, I was in Louisiana for The CRUSADER Knight Congress. , which had as its theme, “Upon These Rocks: Building Christian Communities from the Rubble of Modernity.” The two following embedded files are hosted on Gloria.TV, a Catholic YouTube … Continue reading
C.J. Doyle: More Anti-Catholic LGBTQ Bigotry from ‘The Boston Herald’
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… The Boston Herald, the socially liberal, faux conservative Republican newspaper with a thirty year history of anti-Catholic bigotry—whose parade of Catholic bashers has included Monica Collins, Margery Eagan, Howie Carr, Alan Dershowitz and … Continue reading
Mass. GOP Legislators Demand Ouster of Orthodox Catholic
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts news release… On June 6th, twenty-nine of the thirty Republican members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives sent a letter to the Chairman of the Bay State’s Republican Party, James J. Lyons, … Continue reading
Saint John Baptiste de la Salle: Zeal for the Salvation of Souls to Effect God’s Glory
The collect for today’s feast of Saint John Baptiste de la Salle is a beautiful one: Deus, qui, ad christiánam páuperum eruditiónem et ad iuvéntam in via veritátis firmándam, sanctum Ioánnem Baptístam Confessórem excitásti, et novam per eum in Ecclésia … Continue reading
Novena to the Holy Ghost; from Friday after Ascension Thursday to Saturday, the Vigil of Pentecost
This is the prototype of all novenas. It commemorates the nine days between the Ascension of Our Lord and the descent of the Holy Ghost on the first Pentecost Sunday. During this time Our Lady and the twelve Apostles prayed … Continue reading
An Excellent Sermon on Rogation Days
Here is an excellent sermon by a traditional priest on the origins and custom of Rogation Days: The Rogation Days are treated on this site in the article “Sanctifying the Earth, and Our Parishes,” by Charles A. Coulombe. There is … Continue reading
Yes, Usury is Condemned by the Catholic Church
While I was in Louisiana last week I received the following email on usury from the theologian, Dr. John Lamont. He sent it to a list of people he thought he would be interested. With his kind permission, I am … Continue reading
Father Michael Copenhagen on the Immorality of Abortion Derived ‘Vaccines’
A good priest friend of ours sent me this wonderful video this morning, by Father Michael Copenhagen, who appears to be an Eastern Rite Catholic priest. The quotes that follow were complied by our priest friend. I put the word … Continue reading
What Exorcists Know and You Should, Too
For Episode 267 of Reconquest, I interviewed Charles D. Fraune on his book, Slaying Dragons: What Exorcists See and What We Should Know. Mr. Steve Cunningham, of the Sensus Fidelium YouTube channel, has dressed up the interview with graphics and posted … Continue reading
