From Patrick J. Buchanan: To those who lived through that era that tore us apart in the ’60s and ’70s, it is starting to look like “deja vu all over again.” And as Adlai Stevenson, Bobby Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Jesuit LGBTQ Activist Bashes Bannon
Father James Martin is at it again… (Thomas Williams/Breitbart News) On the far-left MSNBC cable television channel Sunday, Father James Martin said that Steve Bannon is a “radical traditionalist” opposing Pope Francis’s reforms and pining “for a time when the … Continue reading
Obama Goes Not Quietly
(Paul Sperry/New York Post) When former President Barack Obama said he was “heartened” by anti-Trump protests, he was sending a message of approval to his troops. Troops? Yes, Obama has an army of agitators — numbering more than 30,000 — … Continue reading
Out of Control Judiciary?
From Patrick J. Buchanan: Secularist justices de-Christianized our country. They invented new rights for vicious criminals as though criminal justice were a game. They tore our country apart with idiotic busing orders to achieve racial balance in public schools. They … Continue reading
Our Educational Philosophy at SBC and IHM School
What follows is an excerpt from our IHM School Handbook describing the school’s Educational Philosophy. We post it here for your edification. Education at IHM School is firmly rooted in Catholicity. We believe what was said so strongly by Ven. Emmanuel … Continue reading
Was Our Lord’s Shoulder Wound Prefigured in the Old Testament?
Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the lungs, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, because … Continue reading
Help Our School and Pay off Your Mortgage, Really
The following is the text of an email that I just sent out to our Immaculate Heart of Mary School mailing list. Please consider this if you are a homeowner with a mortgage to pay off. The math actually works for … Continue reading
Why the Trumpian Saber Rattling?
President Trump seems to have a mix of America Firsters and war hawks among his advisers. His expressed desire for better relations with Russia and his pre-election remarks concerning a non-interventionist policy in Syria bespeak an anti-war-hawk, non-interventionist policy. On … Continue reading
Judge Neil Gorsuch Pick Hailed
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today is hailing the decision of President Donald Trump to appoint Judge Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, an Associate Justice of the United States … Continue reading
The Causes of Justification
This is from Chapter Seven of the Council of Trent’s Decree on Justification, January 13, 1547 (the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord). The passage is posted here as a quick reference, as we will link to it soon … Continue reading
We Are Unprofitable Servants
Doth he thank that servant, for doing the things which he commanded him? I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done that … Continue reading
Temporary Mass Schedule Change at SBC
On Sunday, January 29, 2017, we will have only one Mass, a low Mass, at 2:00 PM. Monday, there will no Mass at SBC, nor Tuesday (except perhaps an 8:00 p.m. Mass, which is not yet confirmed). The regular Mass … Continue reading
Calling All Lovers of Wisdom!
A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, as contrasted with a sophist, who takes himself to be already wise. If you are a lover of wisdom, boy do we have an idea for you! Beginning Wednesday, February 8, we will begin … Continue reading
Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy Assailed Openly
In four separate developments beginning January 11 and still ongoing, Catholic orthodoxy and orthopraxy (including both morals and the sacred liturgy) and being assailed by those in authority in the Church. On January 11, Bp. David Malloy, of Rockford, Illinois, effectively … Continue reading
More Planned Parenthood Lies: ‘Prenatal Care’
(Live Action) Though Planned Parenthood claims that women depend on them for prenatal care, Live Action investigators had an incredibly hard time finding facilities that offered it—though they found plenty offering abortions. Live Action contacted all 41 Planned Parenthood affiliates … Continue reading
