Dr. Peter Kwasniewski is a founding faculty member at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, where he also directs the Choir and Schola. He has published several books, including Resurgent in the Midst of Crisis, and over 500 articles in print and online.
Author: Peter Kwasniewski
The Traditional Liturgy Demands More and Delivers More
We have probably all met people who are thinking of attending the traditional Latin Mass on a regular basis and who, when they actually start going, are struck by how much extra effort it costs. Perhaps we ourselves once felt …
Ten Reasons To Attend The Traditional Latin Mass
Photo courtesy of Saint Ann’s Church and Shrine in Buffalo, New York. By Peter Kwasniewski & Michael Foley Given that it can often be less convenient for a person or a family to attend the traditional Latin Mass (and I …
Fidelity to Liturgical Law and the Rights of the Faithful
I was recently asked by a number of people: “When ought one to point out liturgical abuses and endeavor to correct them?” My interlocutors had been confused by a number of partial truths. Let us, then, exclude several erroneous answers. …
The Excision of Exorcisms as a Prelude to Devil-Denial
Some weeks ago, the Jesuit superior general Fr. Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal made international news with his remarks denying the real personal existence of the devil and reducing him to a man-made symbol of evil. Ho-hum, one might say: we expect this …
Sacred Music as Occasion of Grace for Modern Man
Some months ago, Maestro Aurelio Porfiri approached me with the idea of authoring a statement in support of genuine sacred music, for the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Musicam Sacram. The statement would express in a clear and simple …
The Life of St. Thomas Aquinas and His Greatest Work
The Church has told us countless times to go to St. Thomas for guidance in matters of philosophy and theology. Over the centuries this authoritative counsel has been a source of motivation for countless schools and seminaries, teachers and scholars. …
A Plea to Youth Ministers: Give Up the Past and Embrace an Ageless Tradition
Some time ago, a Catholic priest wrote me a wonderful letter about tradition and youth ministry, which turned into a correspondence that struck me as worth sharing with a wider readership. So many of us face the issues discussed therein, …
