A priest who speaks as a priest ought, a bishop as a bishop, a cardinal as a cardinal, an official of the Holy See as an official of the Holy See. Ecce sacerdos magnus: (LifeSite) The cardinal’s most powerful statements, … Continue reading
Category: Columns
‘Simon, Son of John, Lovest Thou Me?’
I am continuing here from my previous column, “I Go a Fishing,” with the rest of chapter 21 of Saint John. After the Apostles had caught so many fish, they tied the net and moored the boat. Meanwhile, as I … Continue reading
Would You Like to Give Alms, Memorialize a Loved One, AND Beautify the Mass with These Lovely Vestments?
Would you like to help beautify the liturgy here at Saint Benedict Center? Our sacristy is in need of some “everyday” vestments to give us a chance to repair our aging items. We are able to get the vestments shown below for an … Continue reading
‘Let Us Stand in Defense of Christianity’ Bravo Polish Football
Is the Faith coming alive again in Poland? This is great news. Perhaps it is the beginning a real Crusade to keep Islam out of Catholic Poland. It was only a banner unfurled at a football (soccer) game, but it … Continue reading
‘I Go a Fishing’
“I go a fishing” One of the Apostles said this. Can you guess who? Right you are; it was Peter. Not many days hence he would have more important things to say — and do — after receiving the Holy … Continue reading
Catholic Author Exposes Bigotry of The Boston Globe
The Hollywood formula film Spotlight, which celebrates The Boston Globe for its campaign to bring down the Catholic Church by revealing that hundreds of minors in the Archdiocese of Boston were molested by perverted priests—who are always carefully described as … Continue reading
Leo McKinstry: ‘Mass Immigration Is on the Verge of Destroying Europe’
Says the British journalist and author, “SEVERAL millennia were required to build European civilisation but its impending destruction has been the work of just a few years, carried out by a cadre of irresponsible, unpatriotic and deluded politicians led by … Continue reading
Our Lady’s Knight
Many years ago as a young man I read an inspiring book to which I was drawn by its title: Our Lady’s Knight: The True Story of Technical Sergeant Leo E. Lovasik. I do not have the book in hand … Continue reading
The Pope and the UN’s ‘Development Goals’
On September 25, shortly after Pope Francis gave his speech to the United Nations in New York, all 193 member states of the United Nations formally adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) about which many Catholics are very concerned. LifeSiteNews … Continue reading
November 3: One Big Day for Many Saints
Today, in this month dedicated to All Saints, our calendar gives us five saints to venerate. Paging through the Saint Benedict Center book, Saints to Remember, by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Still River, Massachusetts, I … Continue reading
Mike Church’s New Venture: Veritas Radio Network
Our friend Mike Church has a new venture in online radio syndication. After being unceremoniously booted from SiriusXM Radio, for bringing too much Catholicity onto that venue, Mike has launched out into the deep. His new venture? Veritas Radio Network, … Continue reading
Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Final Report of the Synod: Obscuration, Confusion, Subjectivity
(Rorate Caeli) The XIV General Assembly of the Synod of the Bishops (October 4 – 25, 2015), which was dedicated to the theme of “The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World”, issued a Final … Continue reading
The Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom: Look and Learn!
The Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom (SAI) has a new web site! Take a look and sign up! SAI is the educational division of Saint Benedict Center. The Institute provides well-rounded and conveniently simple courses of instruction in Catholic thought. … Continue reading
A Poem by Rose Hu, Prisoner of Mao’s Labor Camps for 26 Years
The following is a poem written by Rose Hu. She was the president of the Legion of Mary in China in the 1950s and suffered imprisonment for twenty-six years (1955-1981). Rose is still living. She wrote a beatuful book, Joy … Continue reading
Phil Lawler Accuses Synod Fathers of ‘Deliberate Ambiguity’
Is the importance of getting a “consensus” greater than transmitting Catholic faith and morals in their integrity? For some of those involved in the recent Synod of Bishops, the answer seems to be Yes. For them, the Synodal process is a … Continue reading
