Celebrating America 250: Happy Semiquincentennial!
"General Washington is the greatest man of the age.”
Thanksgiving and the New England Inheritance
The year decays, November’s blastThrough leafless boughs pipes shrill and drear;With warmer love the home clasps fastThe hands, the hearts, the friends most dear. On many seas men sail the fleetOf hopes as fruitless as the foam;They roam the world with restless feet,But find no sweeter spot than home. To-day with quickened hearts they hearOld…
The American Civil War(s)
There are two countries sharing the territories of these United States.
From the Oxford Movement to Pasadena
The California Bungalow is a late link in a chain that takes us back ultimately to Old Christendom.
Kissing the Pope’s Ring: a Patriotic Duty?
The most powerful Catholic politician refused to kiss his ring.
A Franco-American Pope
The Prevost family thought of themselves as French.
Securing Sacred Ground: The Story and Mission of Sanctus Ranch
Today, this sacred refuge faces an unprecedented crisis.
Washington’s Birthday Blues
So much of what he foresaw as ultimately ruining us has become embedded in our system.
The Anatomy of Halloween
The first day of the Hallowtide Triduum.
The 5th Annual Festival of Saint Louis
Louismas is the crowning moment of every summer for Catholics of St. Louis, Missouri.
The Urban Catholic Tradition
I set out to build a town.