The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are going on pilgrimage. The Brothers and Sisters are leaving in a little while for Lake George, New York, to rendezvous with other pilgrims coming from near and far for the twenty-fourth … Continue reading
Category: Columns
My Interview with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski: “What’s Wrong with the New Lectionary?”
Thanks to Steve Cunningham, of Sensus Fidelium, my interview with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski is now posted on YouTube and Gloria TV (see embedded video, below). For links to a dozen articles that Dr. Kwasniewski has written on the subject, see … Continue reading
Pete Buttigieg: Icon of Catholic Dysfunctionality
Pete Buttigieg is the son of a Marxist disciple of Antonio Gramsci. That is no wild accusation. Dr. Joseph Buttigieg was an avowed Gramscian, who wanted, like his master, to transmit Marxism into the world through cultural means ( i.e., … Continue reading
Giovanni Gabrieli: Period Instruments vs. Modern Instruments
Last night, after a class that Sister Maria Philomena taught, concerned in part with chant notation, Sister Marie Therese and I were discussing the comparative merits of chant notation and modern notation. The conversation segued into a different topic (as … Continue reading
Update: 2019 SBC Conference Schedule
This year’s Saint Benedict Center conference dates are October 11 and 12. The conference theme is “The Church’s Four Marks: Reflections on These Indelible Divine Signs.” To register, go here. Conference Schedule Friday, October 11 7:00: Holy Mass (off-campus location, … Continue reading
Bishop Athanasius Schneider Sounding Athanasian
Diane Montagna’s Interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider (“Bishop Schneider says Vatican is betraying ‘Jesus Christ as the only Savior of mankind’”) has some gems in it. Below are three paragraphs with statements I consider particularly worthy of attention. The underlining … Continue reading
Stefanie Nicholas on Modesty
She’s taken lots of criticism for her stand, as is to be expected, so I’m giving public kudos to Stefanie Nicholas here, and recommending her fine piece on modesty to our readers, especially to the ladies. It’s on the Catholic … Continue reading
Judas Priests of Sodom
Church Militant published an article yesterday about two New England priests who have abandoned their priestly obligations to simulate marriage — to each other. Fathers Joseph Cooper and Michael Clements “recently ‘married’ and moved to Minnesota, leaving behind a trail … Continue reading
Please Pray for Brian Kelly
Readers may be wondering why it is that Catholicism.org has been a bit quiet lately. Brian Kelly, who generally updates the site regularly with news items and other pieces, is currently hospitalized due to very serious problems with his appendix. … Continue reading
Doyle: Investigate Corrupt Marty Walsh Admin for Extortion in St. Patrick’s Parade Case
The following is a Catholic Action League of Massachusetts press release… Today, two officials of the administration of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh were convicted of conspiracy to commit extortion in the Boston Calling Music Festival case. A federal jury in the … Continue reading
Grace Wins An Unlikely Convert
I grew up with some of Vincent Price’s movies. The scariest for me, at the age of ten, was House on Haunted Hill. I think every kid in my hometown in New Jersey was there at the Majestic Theatre that … Continue reading
Back-and-Forth on My Celibacy Piece
Today, after the email version of my latest Ad Rem went out (“Priestly Celibacy: Apostolic Tradition, not a ‘Mere Discipline’”), I received an email from a reader who had some objections to what I wrote. As I believe that some … Continue reading
Did Our Lady Have a Sister?
Philip Kosloski of Aleteia poses this question. He gives a very weak answer leaving the question in doubt, although he does provide the correct answer when he cites the Catholic Encyclopedia and Saint Jerome. I tried to enter a comment … Continue reading
Catholic Action League Rebuts Media Claim that Pro-Lifers Lied
On June 29th, GateHouse Media, the national publishing conglomerate which owns dozens of New England newspapers, issued an editorial rebuking the pro-life movement for pointing out that the recent, radical New York abortion law—the forerunner of the ROE Act in Massachusetts—would facilitate … Continue reading
Our Lord’s ‘Other’ Language
What language did Jesus speak with Pilate? With the Roman centurion? How about the Magi? What language did they speak with Our Lady and Saint Joseph? With the Jews of course Our Lord spoke Aramaic. Not only in Judea but … Continue reading
