Author: Julian Kwasniewksi

Among the Most Important Books of 2023
Shaw’s is a synthesis of a refreshing variety of sources, including the research of secular sociologists, produces an analysis constructive for Catholics in every state of life.

A Heartrending Trad Novel
Faith and doubt, scandal and generosity, married love and unfaithfulness, are woven into a complex and profound tale of heroic sanctity on the part both of Judith and Edmund.

In Praise of Mortality: the Beauty of Limitation
If Odysseus had had a massive line of credit to purchase a new fleet of ships, a cell phone for texting Telemachus, and a GPS to navigate home with, would the ensuing adventure of the Odyssey become an epic?

Post-War Catholicism in the United States
Above: the first evening Mass in the diocese of Milwaukee consecrates the diocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1954. Photo credit. A very interesting and provocative reprint, the first volume of Integrity will be welcomed by all those …

New Years’ Examen for Every Trad
“I had not forgotten my promise to consider whether we should make the patient an extreme patriot or an extreme pacifist. All extremes except extreme devotion to the Enemy are to be encouraged,” writes C. S. Lewis’s infamous demon Screwtape …

An Important Historical Document for the Trad Movement
Unwanted Priest: The Autobiography of a Latin Mass Exile By Bryan Houghton Angelico Press Paperback: $16.95 / Hardcover: $26 206 pp This is a book which anyone interested in the controversies surrounding Vatican II, the Latin Mass, and modernism will …

Norcia Monk to Catholics: On Prayer and Fasting, Don’t Be a Baby
Editor’s note: Julian Kwasniewski conducted this interview with Fr. Cassian Folsom, OSB of the Benedictines of Norcia at the Sacred Liturgy Conference in Salem, Oregon, June 27-30, 2018. Julian Kwasniewski: In his Holy Rule, St. Benedict tells the monks to …

Bishop Schneider on Chastity vs. a Society ‘Becoming Ever More Cruel’
Editor’s note: This interview was conducted by Julian Kwasniewski at the Sacred Liturgy Conference in Salem, Oregon, at the end of this past June. The text was transcribed and is published here with His Excellency’s consent. Julian Kwasniewski: Your Excellency, …

Monasticism Will Save the Liturgy
Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s famous adage, “Save the Liturgy, Save the World,” nicely sums up the way God’s presence and grace are conveyed through the sacraments and how our disposition to receive the graces they provide is enhanced by well performed ritual. …

‘I discovered the beauty of the Roman Rite’: An Interview with Rev. Cassian Folsom, OSB
This interview was conducted in person during a retreat given by Fr. Cassian in Chicago for American oblates of the Benedictine monastery in Norcia. Fr. Cassian graciously allowed the author to publish a transcript of the interview. Julian Kwasniewski: Did …