Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity

CDF NOTIFICATION about Sr. Margaret Farley’s dreadful book (cf. Magisterium of Nuns)

This, given the timing, is a Big Deal.  Make that Really Big Deal. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a notification about a book of one of the prime exponents of the Magisterium of Nuns: Sr. … Continue reading

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Perspective

Because of the all the VatiLeaks falderal right now, some are saying that the Pope should resign. Nitwits. Holy Church, having human beings involved in it, has had and will endure stupid and ugly controversies from within. It stands to … Continue reading

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Our personal convictions must translate into action in the public square.

London is decorated for the Queen’s 60th Jubilee. Apart from the decorations and public ceremonies, two things which will stand out from the observance of these 60 years. First, yesterday at the Brompton Oratory after the principle Mass, celebrated for … Continue reading

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Bp. Davies (D. Shrewsbury) defends marriage: politicians who give lips service to the family must now act

Pres. Obama, The First Gay President, is not the only one undermining our first freedoms. We have been keeping an eye His Excellency Most Rev. Mark Davies, Bishop of Shrewsbury (south of the River Mersey next to Liverpool, the southern … Continue reading

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The average age of the LCWR is…

…74. 73s!

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A Trinity Commentary

In the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, His Excellency Most Rev. David McGough has a column about the Mass to be celebrated on Sunday’s (on the same page as my own column, as a matter of fact). This … Continue reading

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June and the Sacred Heart of Jesus

June is a month dedicated especially to devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Is this part of your discipline of prayer?

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Great Pentecost sermon on the signs of the times (e.g., the Obama’s HHS mandate and his war on the Church)

It is the Octave of Pentecost.  We can should and review Pentecost during the Octave. A friend of mine, Fr. Richard Jacobs, OSA, gave this sermon for Pentecost Sunday: One of the Fathers of the Church, St. Cyril of Alexandria, … Continue reading

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CNS: Catholic Colleges Urge HHS to Rescind ‘Direct Violation’ of Religious Liberty

From the Cardinal Newman Society: Faithful Catholic Colleges Urge HHS to Rescind ‘Direct Violation’ of Religious Liberty Joined together by their firm commitment to strong Catholic identity and fidelity to Catholic teaching, 19 Catholic colleges, universities and online programs partnered … Continue reading

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“The last insult to our human nature.”

The distinguished translator of Dante, Anthony Esolen, has a good piece on Public Discourse about aging and euthanasia. Here is the first part. I hope you will go read the rest.  My emphases: One Human Heart: Wordsworth’s Old Cumberland Beggar … Continue reading

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