It’s in the Nature of Things
St. John Francis Regis What does it mean to be a patriarch? Robert Royal claims the title and seeks to define it for the modern era in this essay for The Catholic Thing. Hilary...
True Restoration
The Liturgical Year, Episode 5: Trinity Sunday & Feast of Sts. Peter & Paul
On this month’s episode of The Liturgical Year, we will be discussing the importance of Trinity Sunday. We will then move into the topics of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul and finish...
Work of Human Hands, Episode 5: The Cleverness of the Revisers
On this month’s episode of Work of Human Hands, we will be discussing in great detail The Ottaviani Intervention, its background, principal objections, effects, and key figures. Anyone familiar with the fight for Tradition will...
Season III, Week in Review: 6/8/14 – 6/14/14
Work of Human Hands V: The Cleverness of the Revisers In this week’s show, Fr. Anthony Cekada, joined by Justin Soeder, dives into the history and nature of The Ottaviani Intervention, a document which...
The Role of Recycling in Catholicism, Then and Now
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Recycling Then Hold onto your hats! Medieval book historian Erik Kwakkei explains how a medieval volume of Norse love poetry was recycled into the lining of a bishop’s mitre....
The Root of All Virtuosity
St. John of Sahagun This famous French Catholic organist loved Bach so much, he pledged to play all his organ works from memory. He did it in an amazing series of ten concerts in...
A Contending Kind of Love
St. Barnabus A message of mercy and love but so much more: In this lengthy Tradition in Action piece, “The Sacred Heart of Jesus: Symbol of Combativity & Restoration of Christendom,” Atila S. Guimaraes...
Is There Still Valour?
St. Margaret of Scotland What is the main premise of Christianity that Modernism attacks? James V. Schall, S. J., lays it bare in all its simplicity in this excellent essay, “Hope Beyond Thy Sight,”...
And Paul VI Wept
The Death of the Pentecost Octave or Welcome to Ordinary Time: According to “Fr.” Zuhlsdorf, Paul VI was surprised to see green vestments on Pentecost Monday in 1970. Kind of hard to believe, but...
Pastoralia, Episode 5: My Body is a Temple
On this month’s episode of Pastoralia, we are going to tackle some topics in the practical order which have probably touched all of us at one time or another. We will be talking about...
