Christ Jesus be praised! At 7:30 P.M. on Thursday October 25, Boston’s WCVB TV (Channel 5) covered a controversy concerning Saint Benedict Center on their show, “Chronicle.” If curiosity from the show has brought you to our web site, thank … Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007 — The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today condemned the College of the Holy Cross for hosting the 2007 Teen Pregnancy Institute, sponsored by the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, which includes three workshops conducted by … Continue reading
Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don is the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The full text of the Archbishop’s address, “Faith, Obedience, and Theology, Challenges to the Mission of the Church Today,” … Continue reading
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007 – The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today commended the Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, Bishop of Worcester, for his unambiguous opposition to the forthcoming 2007 Teen Pregnancy Institute, to be held at the College of … Continue reading
October 13, 2007, marks the ninetieth anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, Portugal. The miracle, which testified to the truth of Our Lady’s apparition to three shepherd children, was witnessed by 70,000 people, including atheists, communists, and … Continue reading
“Conforming our Minds to Reality: Truth, History, and the Present State of Affairs.” Our 2007 Saint Benedict Center conference went very well.
This September 26-29, the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will join the “Pilgrimage for Restoration,” a real American pilgrimage for Catholic tradition. Every year, near the Feast of the Eight North American Martyrs (September 26), we journey with … Continue reading
Our Prior has a new medium for publishing his writings. Says Brother André, “Most, but not all, of the postings that will show up on this blog are academic papers I wrote.
Ninety four years ago today — the Feast of Saint Vincent de Paul, July 19, 1913 — Brother Francis (Fakhri Maluf) was born in a small village near Beirut, Lebanon. Because he did not breathe right away, the Catholic midwife … Continue reading
On Sunday, July 1, Brother André Marie will give a talk in the Milwaukee, WI, area. The subject will be “Twenty-First Century Catholicism: Problems and Solutions.”
From Puerto Rico, Father Brian Harrison, O.S., sent us this report on some anti-family, anti-life legislation and Catholic resistance to it. You have probably heard little or nothing in the U.S. media about the fact that Puerto Rico is right … Continue reading
On the Feast of Saint Benedict (March 21, 2007), Saint Benedict Center made public a small blog of local interest to the residents of Richmond, New Hampshire. The blog is found here: http://www.sbcrichmond.blogspot.com/.
For your edification, I offer some thoughts on this week’s Sunday Gospel and Epistle, which focus us on the spiritual combat of the Lenten season, and of the Christian life. These meditations were prepared for Sunday, so they refer to … Continue reading
Much attention has justly been given to Cardinal Biffi’s Lenten Retreat to the Pope and leaders of the Roman Curia (e.g., “Pope’s Retreat Preacher Speaks on Antichrist As a ‘Pacifist, Ecologist and Ecumenist’”). Soon after the retreat — because papal … Continue reading
The Australian-based CathNews web site has been reviewing the major news stories of 2006. Two of those stories side-by-side made for an alarming study in ecclesiastical confusion. The first covered the unconventional conversion of Frere Roger of Taize, the ecumenical … Continue reading
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