The East Coast of the United States is bracing for a possibly “historic snowstorm.” Earlier this month, we observed the 20th anniversary of another historic snowfall — the Blizzard of 1996. The fact that two decades has passed since that unique and memorable event makes me feel incredibly old, but it also brings me back. I remember distinctly…
Over at long-time 1P5 contributor Brian William’s blog, Liturgy Guy, there is an important guest post by Chris Lauer, a founder of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community, entitled Why Families Need Traditional Parishes. Lauer adds a layer of consideration to the much-discussed article, “What I’m Never Going to Tell You About Homeschooling“, by Elizabeth Foss. The latter — which essentially…
There’s an old article of mine making the rounds. The title sort of gives it away: They Will Know We Are Traddies By Our Love. Someone resurrected it from the archives in a coy attempt to paint me as a hypocrite, the same day I published this. I had intended to just let it pass, since this,…
Born in 1977 to young parents, I grew up with a lot of that era’s music in my home. My father’s record collection had quite a range, from the Beatles to the Doobie Brothers, Chicago to Dire Straits, The Eagles to Steely Dan. If he had a David Bowie album, I don’t remember listening to…
There’s an old Internet Meme that goes a little something like this: Pretty much everyone has seen this same coat hanger at some point or another. It’s a pretty ubiquitous piece of hardware. Most of us never think anything of it. But from the moment you’ve seen this captioned image, you can never look at…
Editor’s note: since a number of readers have overlooked the link, we would like to note that this “letter” is written in the style and format of another letter, to which it is a response. You may read that letter here. UPDATE: After over 400 comments, I’ve written a followup post here. Good Afternoon! We…
On the second of each month, we have a Mass (according to the 1962 Missal) offered for the previous month’s benefactors by the Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem in Charles Town, West Virginia. But I wanted to do something extra for everyone who has so generously helped us to get to where we are.…
Last night, I got an email from a donor: Did you make your 2015 fundraising goal? I sent a last-minute donation and would to know if you made it. Can’t find the info. The reason the info wasn’t visible is that we archive our fundraisers at the end of each month. We do this so we…
My long-time Internet pal Hilary White has an article up at The Remnant about her life as a Benedictine Oblate in the Italian town of Norcia. It’s beautiful: For me, as a Benedictine oblate and a rather halfhearted do-it-yourself unofficial hermitess, the whole town is a monastery. St. Philip Neri was said to carry around with him…
Beginning on Christmas Eve, I walked away from the website. I took my wife and children to midnight Mass and stayed up way too late putting presents under the tree while enjoying some excellent bourbon. On Christmas day, we exchanged gifts, then feasted together with those of my siblings and their families who were in town…
It’s here. The last one. It’s relatively short — only 20 minutes — but I spent a good bit more time than that putting it together. It is a Christmas reflection. You can listen to it here. I hope you enjoy it.
