Author: Theoni Bell

15 Ways to Build a Eucharistic Catholic Home
Photo by Allison Girone. Belief in the Eucharist, part II. In part one of this article, I introduced readers to “Fr. John,” a local priest at a Novus Ordo parish and his good efforts to introduce traditional piety to animate …

Trads: Should we Join the USCCB in Prayer for This?
Editor’s note: First Friday reminder to join the Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation. Belief in the Eucharist: Part I Praying for Eucharistic Revival We attended a Novus Ordo Mass this weekend. To our surprise the presiding priest (let’s call him Fr. …

New Trad Film Tells the Story
Since my conversion to Catholicism years ago, I had been told the New Mass was created by the Second Vatican Council. Many times, a friend had to remind me that “the Novus Ordo was not created by the Council.” At …

The Family That Prays Together Stays Together … But Why?
The phrase, “The Family That Prays Together, Stays Together” was coined by Venerable Father Patrick Peyton.* And it seems to have been received as a relatively uncontroversial assertion. But I want to ask why this works. Why does the family …