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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Carthusian Martyrs of Newgate Prison

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Anna Mitchell and I will talk about the continuing saga of the Carthusian Martyrs of London during the reign of Henry VIII this morning a...
Monday, June 4, 2018

Development of the Church's View of Newman's "Development"

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For Homiletic & Pastoral Review , Dr. Ryan Marr, a member of The National Institute for Newman Studies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, re...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Corpus Christi Thursday and Sunday

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I have already celebrated the Solemnity of Corpus Christi: our Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form of the Latin Rite) community and Blessed ...
Saturday, June 2, 2018

Martyrs in Stained Glass: The Work of Margaret Agnes Rope

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Since I grew up Catholic, stained glass has been part of my life since childhood: nearly all the parish churches I've attended or vis...
Friday, June 1, 2018

Blessed John Storey and Two Canonized Martyrs

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Dom Bede Camm, in his  survey  of the martyrs beatified by Pope Leo XIII, compares Blessed John Storey (or Story) to Blessed (as he was t...
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Thursday, May 31, 2018

Sir Philip Hoby, Diplomat and Marriage Broker, RIP

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Sir Philip Hoby died on May 31, 1558. He managed to serve Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I with some success, traveling with Hans Holbein...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

St. Joan of Arc, France's Heroine

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Thinking about St. Joan of Arc and the English Reformation--I remember hearing the celebrant of Mass on EWTN on her feast day a few years ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Happy Oak Apple Day!

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Charles Stuart, the eldest son of Charles I, returned to London on his birthday, May 29, in 1660, and received quite a present on his 30th...
Sunday, May 27, 2018

Blessed Margaret Pole: Tall in the Chapel

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In the National Catholic Register last year, Thomas Craughwell wrote about the discovery of Blessed Margaret Pole's remains in the To...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Clearing His Name: Father John Gerard, SJ

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The BBC has personally apologized and will correct one of their recent series depicting the Gunpowder Plot after a viewer complained about...