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October 2011

October 25, 2011

For Shakespeare’s St. Crispin’s Day Speech

It's St. Crispin's Day! Which means it's time for my favorite speech penned by William...

October 07, 2011

For the Faith of Andrea Doria at Lepanto

—Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary When I was a kid, I really enjoyed...

August 2011

August 16, 2011

For Letters to Sons Like These by St. Stephen, King of Hungary

"My boy, at present you have the fun and I do the work; but your...

August 11, 2011

The Suffering Church: Scandal

This is the final part of a three part series. Some folks thought I was...

August 05, 2011

Because of the Protestant Reformers Beliefs On Mary

Another Marian post as we are ten days from the Feast of the Assumption. This...

August 04, 2011

What Figures Are On This Celtic Cross?

A reader writes,Hi there my name is Mindy and I am trying to figure out...

June 2011

June 22, 2011

For Archishop Fulton Sheen’s Thoughts on Vatican II

The good folks over at Catholic Answers have the scoop: Q: "Did Fulton Sheen support...

June 03, 2011

Because the Sexual Abuse Scandal is Like The Ribbon Creek Incident

-Feast of St. Charles Lwanga & Companions All of you who have never heard of...

May 2011

May 24, 2011

For the Seed Planted by a Chinese Confucian Diplomat

—Our Lady, Help of Christians The Holy Father has asked us to pray for the...

May 18, 2011

For Stuff Non-Catholics Say About the Church Like This

No, this isn't a photograph of Karl Marx. That's Walter Bagehot, former editor of the...

April 2011

April 14, 2011

Because My Boys Needed to Know About Hildegard of Bingen

I received a note the other day in my e-mail inbox informing me of a...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

For Napoleon’s Answer to the Question “Who Is Jesus Christ?”

-Feast of St. Berthold Back in January, I reviewed Eric Sammon's book, Who Is Jesus...

March 23, 2011

Because Napoleon Died a Catholic Death

A few weeks back, my family and I hit the used book sale that is...

March 11, 2011

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies

I had this idea last year to feature movies on Friday nights during Lent. I...

October 2010

October 22, 2010

For All the Saints: Philip of Heraclea & Companions

There are many saints on the calendar for today, but I'd like to share with...

September 2010

September 27, 2010

For Dom Lou’s Thoughts on The Effects of Secularization in China

—Feast of St. Vincent de Paul I just finished reading Lou Tseng-Tsiang's Ways of Confucius...

August 2010

August 22, 2010

Because Once Upon A Time, The Premier of China Was A Catholic

Imagine that you woke up to the news this morning that a former President of...

June 2010

June 03, 2010

YIMC Book Club, “The Great Heresies,” Introduction

This week's reading is the introductory chapter of The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc. My first...

May 2010

May 26, 2010

Song of the Mystic (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I know of Father Abram J. Ryan (1838-1886) because he was once the pastor of the...

March 2010

March 09, 2010

Because of The Stations of the Cross

One of the dreams my wife and I have is to go on a tour...

January 2010

January 16, 2010

For All the Saints: Macarius the Great

When I was going through the RCIA program as a candidate, the need to choose...

January 10, 2010

Because of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

I wrote earlier of my thanks for practical instruction on living the Christian life from...

December 2009

December 18, 2009

Thoughts on the LOTH for Today

Posted by Frank The Office of Readings from today continues describing the wonders of the...