I would like to introduce both myself and my apostolate. My name is Barbara Swan. I am a parishioner at Mater Ecclesiae Mission in New Jersey. I am also Sister Barbara Mectilde of the Blessed Sacrament, OSB Oblate, and as such, I am an “external monastic.”And my apostolate is prayer. Prayer especially for the many…
In the wake on the motu proprio and the Responsa ad dubia, the eyes of the Church are fixed on those who attend the Latin Mass. This attention is coming at the same time as a book of mine is hitting the press, Ever Ancient, Ever New: Why Younger Generations Are Embracing Traditional Catholicism. It’s…
Editor’s note: here we present Romanitas, a series led by Vincenzo Randazzo from Rome. Romanitas will explore Catholic culture from the city of Rome with historical and contemporary commentary. Mr. Randazzo has already written about the Roman attitude toward their bishop, the pope. Here Randazzo shares about three locations for the Latin Mass in Rome.
The following analogy was first shared with me in an email in Portuguese by a reader, who kindly gave me permission to develop it into an article. He joins many others who have sent me a seed that has germinated on my desktop, and for whose literary stimuli I am deeply grateful. A barrel organ…
As with every Sunday for the last twelve years, my family drove the long 1.5 hour one-way drive up to Chicago for the Mass of the Ages on Sunday, February 6th, 2022. Despite it being a seemingly ordinary Chicago winter day, a blustery and frigid 20 degrees Fahrenheit with an accompanying wind chill, there was…
Dear OnePeterFive donors, supporters, and readers, Since the release of our editorial stance, we have endeavored to do our part to unite the clans to rebuild Christendom. One area that we want to focus more on is the practical working out of Christendom in our Liberal disorder. In the COVID era, more Catholics are…
A century ago, on February 6, 1922, the Pope of the Kingship of Christ was elevated to the Chair of Peter: Pius XI, whose original name was Achille Ratti. He was born in Desio, a small town, north of Milan, on May 31, 1857. A model student, he was educated in Seveso, Monza, Milan and…
Read the last chapter before this one Start reading from chapter 1 *** Malthus my boy, The conversation between the boy and his parents went just as I suspected. No real information was learned by the parents as they had already made up their minds beforehand. Furthermore, the boy is now experiencing significant doubts…
As it happens, I wrote about this very Sunday a couple of months ago, at the beginning of November. That’s because of when Easter fell last year. There were few Sundays between Epiphany and pre-Lent’s Septuagesima Sunday and empty slots to fill before Advent 2021 began. Hence, this Sunday’s and next Sunday’s (5th and 6th)…
From the organizers: Rosary Rally for the Latin Mass in Chicago this Sunday, February 6th A Rosary Rally for the Traditional Latin Mass will take place on Sunday, February 6th from 11:00AM – Noon outside of Holy Name Cathedral (735 N. State Street, Chicago, 60654). February 6th is the day Cardinal Cupich’s new restrictions on…
Dear OnePeterFive donors, supporters and readers, Last month we began the year of Our Lord, MMXXII calling for a deeper spiritual focus in our militancy on behalf of the Old Mass of our forefathers. We called for a true crusade – a fight that is divorced from all earthly attachments, but dedicated to the…
