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Saint Helena and the True Cross

August 18th is the traditional feast of Saint Helena, a barmaid in Britain who caught the eye of the co-emperor Constantius Chlorus, who married her. Their son was Constantine the Great, who defeated the...

Musical Offering: Mendelssohn’s Ave Maria

On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, body and soul, here to help celebrate is a magnificent rendition of the Ave Maria by Felix Mendelssohn. This may seem...

Musical Offering: Couperin’s Motet in Praise of Saint Anne

François Couperin (1668 - 1733) was one of the great Baroque composers, perhaps most famous for his keyboard - harpsichord and organ - works, which are indeed marvelous, and played at many a wedding....

Poland Upholds Marriage

It has been a constant teaching of the Church that society, and its laws, must uphold marriage and family. That means, of course, the true marriage, between a man and a woman, faithful and...

Pope John Paul II and Carmel

A young Karol Wojtyla, while discerning his vocation as he matured in his hometown of Wadowice, thought of becoming a Carmelite, drawn to their contemplative life and deep spirituality, prayer, devotion to Our Lady,...

Reasonable Passions

The Saint Gregory the Great Institute has just released the first of their video series on the 'wisdom of the founders of Western civilization', aptly named 'Reasonable Passions', as opposed to the destructive 'unreasonable'...

True, North, Strong… and Free? Not Quite…

The headline today declares, Federal memo considers legal action against social media posting false info admitting that it is not (yet) clear what action 'federal lawyers' would take. Hmm. It goes on: A 35-page memo to Federal Industry...

Respondeo: Why Does the SSPX Need Bishops?

The following query was sent along, and we will answer each question briefly: Have you addressed the reasons why SSPX feels a need to appoint bishops in the first place? I can't think of any...

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