The neoconservative warhawk Pamela Geller did what all great strategists in the history of armed conflict would recommend — from Sun Tzu to Thucydides to B. H. Liddell Hart: she organized a cartoon drawing contest to mock what is most sacred to her enemy … Continue reading
Searching for a recording of Ian Dismas Zelenka’s wonderful Missa Dei Filii (Mass of God the Son), I found myself continuously running across a work of the same name by another Bohemian composer of the Baroque era, Václav Gunther Jacob. I had never heard of … Continue reading
Our house is receiving a lot of unwelcome guests since the warm weather ensued. I speak of ants. The little ones I can understand, they are racing around looking for real food. But the big black ants are another story. … Continue reading
Last night, John Vennari posted the following on the Catholic Family News Blog: It is my sad duty to announce the sudden death of Father Nicholas Gruner. He died suddenly late today [Wednesday, April 29] of a heart attack while … Continue reading
ChurchMilitant.com: On this week’s edition of Mic’d Up, Michael Voris unpacks the heresy of Americanism. Guests include historian Charles Coulombe, Catholic apologist Robert Sungenis, and theologian Fr. Brian Harrison. Catholicism.org comment: Charles Coulombe’s interview is first, beginning right after the short … Continue reading
I have never read the life of any saint that so affected me as that of Saint Catherine of Siena. The best biography was that of Sigrid Undset on which I based my own short life of Saint Catherine, “I Have Seen … Continue reading
Someone just referred me to this video. While I do not agree with Mr. Whittle’s comments about the South, Tsarist Russia, or the wonders of Capitalism or industrialism, I do think he has done the very important service of showing, in … Continue reading
I wrote this satire a couple of weeks ago and held off posting it. My more grounded co-workers here found it too subtle. One advised me that a preparatory explanation would give readers a handle lest they think someone spiked … Continue reading
It is only right that I publicly thank someone who has given a huge boost to our apostolate by way of promoting the important work of Brother Francis. Mike Church is Senior Contributor to The Imaginative Conservative and a radio talk show personality, … Continue reading
And after that will the Hawaii senate vote to have Saint Damien removed from the Capitol Statuary hall too? And will Wisconsin turn on Pere Marquette, and Arizona on Father Kino? All of these great men, honored by their states with a statue … Continue reading
On Saturday, April 25, Brother André Marie will be speaking at the 2015 Napa Valley Catholic Men’s Conference. He will be one of three speakers at this one-day event that draws hundreds of Catholic men annually. Brother’s talks will be “Montfortian Manliness” … Continue reading
One of our tertiaries sent me a link this morning with a video provocatively entitled, “Did Jesus Give us the Name of the Antichrist?” He asked my opinion on it, and this is my reply (which will not make sense … Continue reading
Do you have a vocation to teach? Do you have a vocation to be a religious Brother? Not sure, but wish to discern? Then consider becoming an intern working in our school while exploring the life of a Brother in the Slaves of the … Continue reading
This was back in November 2014, but I just now came across the news of it. Oddly enough, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was the featured speaker for the ceremony. And, on that … Continue reading
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized the Associate Rector of Boston’s historic Trinity Church, the Rev. William W. Rich, for insulting Catholics on Good Friday. During the church’s annual “Stations of the City” walk, while stopped in front of … Continue reading
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