The month of August brings us on the Church’s sanctoral calendar commemorations for saints of all stripes: Kings, Priests, Martyrs, Deacons, Apostles, and holy women who were married, widowed, and founded religions congregations. Let’s look at just a few of these for personal inspiration. For starters, we have two holy kings who used their considerable […]
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Several months back, the music director at the seminary, Dr. Mary Catherine Levir, wrote an excellent article in The Catholic Telegraph regarding why beauty is necessary for the Catholic faith. I want to highlight that piece, because it is so essential for us as Catholics to find beauty, especially in the holy Mass and the
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Archbishop Schnurr has a very brief video introduction to the Beacons of Light initiative to realign our parishes. Members of St. Mary and St. Peter parishes are invited to the first of our information sessions on this initiative on Tuesday, September 7th, at St. Mary Parish at 7:10 p.m. This will include a presentation by
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Since I am a bit of a news junkie, I spend too much time on news websites. Some of them try to sensationalize the news, to get you to click on the story (and thus support their ad revenues). So they use/have attention-grabbing headlines, often with the word “shocking” in them (Shocking revelation about the
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As the Covid-19 virus continues to be a threat to the health of many, there is increasing controversy over the question of whether various entities (governments, businesses, etc.) can mandate vaccination, and if so, if people should be allowed to seek exemption from such a requirement on medical grounds, general conscience objections, or on
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St. Maximilian Kolbe I have not written much about the saints of August. They include ancient and modern martyrs, including two who died in the terrible World War of the 20th century because of their ethnicity and their religious vocation (Edith Stein/St. Teresa Benedicta and Maximilian Kolbe). I’ll try to write a little bit
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In a tale of three baptized Catholics, it is instructive to remember that those who are baptized often turn radically against their own Church and the teachings of Christ. We are seeing that happen under the presidential administration of Joseph Biden (a baptized Catholic) who has appointed Xavier Becerra, a virulently pro-abortion and anti-conscience-protection
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Today we have the rare opportunity to celebrate the solemn feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Sunday Mass. This feast is usually designated by our bishops as a day on which the faithful are obliged to attend Mass, but sadly, many of the faithful simply forget about these feast days or
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I wrote recently about Pope Francis’ decision to restrict the celebration of the old Mass (called the Traditional Latin Mass [TLM] or extraordinary form of the Mass). A few more thoughts on that today, especially about the history of the implementation of the new Mass [novus ordo]. After the new rite of the Mass was
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I have received a few questions recently about Pope Francis’ recent decision to place many restrictions on the old rite of the Mass. This controversial action has been reported in the secular news, so I wanted to explain it from a Catholic perspective. (I always recommend not getting any news about the Church from secular
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