Bishop Schneider’s Fire Metaphor: a Fireman’s Perspective
Conscientious professionals “innovate, deviate and improvise."
Pope Leo’s Ad Orientem Mass for the Italian Police
What does Tradition mean for the police?
My Experience of the Pre-55 Easter Vigil
How about the vigil prophecies as legal foundation, though?
The Pilgrimage for Restoration
There were four altars dedicated one each to the Martyrs of Ossernenon and to St. Kateri Tekakwitha, born of their blood.
The Fire at the Parish School
At first, I was ready to jump out of the front passenger side door when Rich’s car slowed down enough. Rethinking the plan, I didn’t want to make myself a victim by tripping over the gear on the floor between my feet. Thinking fast and staying in the zone is one thing. Tunnel vision is…
Why I Went to Webster
I was disabused of the idea that time-hallowed, sacrifice-based Tradition is adverse to the authentically human experience a long time ago. Early on 24 December 2012, I found myself in a remote area. Spotty cell service. No internet. Then, out of nowhere, one text came through: “Firefighters shot. Monroe County, NY.” I spent the next…
The Heartland of Tradition
In 2019 I was being deployed to Bellevue. Significant portions of Nebraska and Iowa were underwater following a devastating storm, and I was to head up Operations. As I’ve done in anticipation of other disaster response deployments, I looked for local churches that might still be open. I found Immaculate Conception in Omaha, an FSSP…