The Missions, Episode 4: Stories from the Trenches
The Fathers share some stories from their missionary work: the good, the bad, and everything in between. A special note of thanks to Nicholas Wilton for allowing us the use his music for this...
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The Missions, Episode 3: An Enemy Hath Done This: Splits
Splits are an inevitable part of life in any human organization, but even in the supernatural organization of the Church they come. The Fathers discuss why splits happen and why, very often, they are...
The Missions, Episode 2: What Does It Take to Maintain a Mission?
Once a mission has been established, what’s next? How are marriages and confirmations dealt with? Catechetics and Confessions? What about long term planning, like: Buying property A school A resident priest A convent or...
The Missions, Episode 1: What Does It Take to Establish a Mission?
In this special miniseries, we meet Frs. Arnold Trauner and Stephen McKenna, two priests who have covered literally dozens of missions over a 20-year time span, in all parts of the world. The Fathers...
The Second Vatican Council, Episode 17: Schools, Celibacy, the Religious Life, and Missions
Shorter, lesser-known schemas are the subject of this episode, but particularly relevant was Cardinal Suenens attack on religious: “the distinctive but ridiculous garb of many communities must be changed,” “outdated notions of the inferiority...
Australia Meets Bishop Sanborn
It finally dawned. The great day for which we had all been planning, and anxiously awaiting for so many months: the arrival of Bishop Sanborn! There were no Handel-style trumpet voluntaries; instead there was...
A Great Muster
“The bishop sat in lordly state and purple cap sublime, And galvanised the old bush church at Confirmation time; And all the kids were mustered up from fifty miles around, With Sunday clothes, and...
19 Months Later: Progress of the true Mass in Europe
My eyes surveyed the crowd, looking for a dear friend who is also the chapel coordinator for the Budapest mission. I had last seen him and his family in December 2015, for the tail end...
The Catholic Home, Episode 5: Establishing and Maintaining Catholic Homes in a Mission Country (Part 2)
In Part 1 we heard all about two Australians’ “theological travels” which eventually led them into the true fold and into a mission locality to boot. Wow! What an adventure that was! The exciting...
The Catholic Home, Episode 4: Establishing and Maintaining Catholic Homes in a Mission Country (Part 1)
In our times, many mission countries are without permanent parishes and priests since the enemies of the Christ have torn down most of the external support structures of His One, True Church. Rest assured,...
