Author: Julian Kwasniewski

Lifecraft: Meditative Media
Dr Cuddeback brings enthusiasm to everything from pig-slaughtering to how to deal with failure.

From Architecture to Contraception: A Journey to Paris
The mercy He gives us, one of many mercies, is that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

The Enjoyment of Persons is Man’s True Happiness
John Senior propounds modern man’s fundamental estrangement from “the real” through his abandonment of the traditional Western paradigm of reality.

John Senior: Prophet of Tradition and Realism
The mind had to be born in wonder if it was to be brought to wisdom, and this was only possible through experiencing God’s creation “raw.”

Velvet Anguish: Why You Should Listen to Gesualdo This Lent
Thank God that he was able to contribute some beauty to the world despite his sins and struggles.

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 …