Cardinal Cupich’s Processions
Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago has just released another directive for his diocese, discouraging Catholics from kneeling to receive Holy Communion.
Before we get to...
Theotokos: The Bearer of God
A joyful New year, and very blessed solemnity of Mary, Mother of God to all our readers.Ā In the usus antiquior, this used to...
The Gnostic Roots of Transgenderism
Ideas have consequences, and few more dire than the idea of that one can transition oneās gender. The notion that our bodies may be...
Athanasius and the Iota Against the World
Today is the memorial of one of the most heroic bishops in the history of the Church, the great Saint Athanasius (+373), mighty foe...
Back to Ordinary Time, With Hilary and Mungo
With the feast of Christ's Baptism yesterday, we enter back into what we now call 'Ordinary Time', a term not opposed to 'extraordinary' -...
A Few Words on Infallibility
On this July 18th, 1870, the First Vatican Council, at the impetus of Pope Pius IX, proclaimed the dogma of papal infallibility. Some were...
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Thomas and Accreditation
As I mentioned on Saturday, now proclaimed on our webpage, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom has received accreditation. Ā Alleluia! Ā The little college that began...
Labor et Dolor
We recently held a faculty retreat at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, whose theme was 'Play'. Ā A curious focus, one might think, for serious-minded...
Why we need the Church
I read the story beneath the title with trepidation but, truth be told, with more than a little resignation. A Montreal deacon had been...
The Battle of Vienna 1683
September 12th marks the anniversary of the Battle of Vienna, in 1683, when the army of the Holy Roman Empire, particularly with the help...
