Christianity in China: A “Foreign” Religion?
This was shortly after the pontificate of Gregory the Great in the Catholic Church.
Colligite Fragmenta – 2nd Sunday of Advent: “Slap in the Face Obvious”
On the 1st Sunday of Advent it was the Church’s duty, which as a good Mother she fulfilled, to urge us to do penance in view of the end times and judgement at the Second Coming. This week she points to the joy that awaits us after penance and judgement, encapsulated in “Jerusalem”. We are…
9 Day Novena for the Conversion of Pope Francis
It will begin on December 8, 2024, and will run through December 17, 2024 (the birthday of Pope Francis).
Colligite Fragmenta – 1st Sunday of Advent: Be Uplifted
Dom Prosper Guéranger wrote in his The Liturgical Year: The whole world is in expectation of its Redeemer; come, dear Jesus, show Thyself to it by granting it salvation. The Church, Thy bride, is now commencing another year, and her first word is to Thee, a word which she speaks in the anxious solicitude of…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost: Get ready
With the exceptions of God’s loving mercy and the eternal joy of Heaven, all good things come to their end. This year’s series concludes with a glimpse into the Church’s final Sunday of our liturgical whirl about the Sun. Although this Sunday is – this year – numerically the 27th after Pentecost, we use the…
Chapter 3: Latin
Latin: a mysterious language that points us to the mystery of the Sacrament.
CREDO Catechism for High Schoolers
Our spring course takes high schoolers through the new CREDO catechism from Bishop Schneider.
Trad Women’s Conference Transcends Generations
The lived example provided by grandmothers of the organizing group is having marked impact.
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – Christ the King: all nations under His most sweet sovereignty
The Collect prayers for the Feast of Christ the King in the Vetus Ordo and in the Novus Ordo differ dramatically.
“The Importance of the Heart”: Pope Francis’s New Encyclical
“The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse, who can understand it?”
Bishop Tissier de Mallerais: a Man of Prudence
I am grateful to Mr. Timothy Flanders for asking me to write this piece in honour of the recently deceased Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais — henceforth referred to as Bishop Tissier as he is commonly called — but I must admit that it is a daunting task to remember such a great man with…