Pastoralia, Episode 7: Extreme Unction and Last Rites
On this month’s episode of Pastoralia, we tackle a subject that is somewhat confusing to the laity and accompanies with it some degree of fear: Extreme Unction and Last Rites. We will begin by...
True Restoration
The Power and Importance of Tradition
Holy Guardian Angels Powerful. Boniface at Unam Sanctam Catholicam relates two tales that clearly impart the importance of tradition, even when the reasons behind it are lost. Here’s the perfect Restorationist project–something you can...
For You Have an Immortal Soul
St. Remigius More and more the emphasis in modern life is on efficiency. But is that Catholic? In “Make Your Work an Act of Worship,” Fr. M. Raymond, OSCO, draws on traditional Church teaching,...
A Profundity and a Sorrow
St. Jerome Saints are tough, not soft and sweet playbabies. Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira makes this point using two pictures of St. Therese and one of the Holy Shroud of Turin, in this...
In Great Need of Angelic Assistance
Dedication of St. Michael Have we forgotten the presence of the angels? “Dom” Mark Kirby, OSB, shares his Italian ancestors’ stories in relation to the angels and especially St. Michael in today’s post on...
TradReviews, Episode 5: Divergent, Small is Beautiful, and Settlers of Catan
On the month’s episode of Trad Reviews, we will be discussing the recent hit movie Divergent, the classic 1970s book Small is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher, and the board game Settlers of Catan. In what seems...
Where the Feeble Senses Fail
St. Isaac Jogues and Jean de Brebouf Those public acts of faith are so powerful. The Dauphin models respect and reverence for the Blessed Sacrament in this short Nobility story, “The Dauphin Kneels for...
By Some Miracle of God’s Providence
Writing for NLM, Gregory Dipippo shares the powerful story of “Blessed Herman, the Cripple”. Today he most likely would have been an abortion statistic, but just look at the amazing things he accomplished and...
The Windows Whisper the Story of Salvation
Our Lady of Ransom A Catholic art historian takes us on a grand tour of the Lorin stained glass windows in St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church in New York City, in this lengthy but...
The Characteristic Lie of Our Age
St. Linus Is our freedom in denying ourselves or giving in? Rod Dreher explores this question in the context of a story of a bisexual man in “I Want, Therefore I Am,” for The...
