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Friday, June 2, 2017

Whitsunday and the Vigil of Pentecost

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A couple of weeks ago at Sunday Mass, our Parochial Vicar at Blessed Sacrament opined during his homily that many Catholics do not unders...
Thursday, June 1, 2017

St. Thomas More and Anne Boleyn's Coronation

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On June 1, 1533, Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England, the last of Henry VIII's wives to be crowned. Edward Hall described the eve...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

The Mass at Dawn of Christmas Day at the End of May

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In response to my post at the National Catholic Register on liturgical music, a representative from the Church of St. Mary's in Nor...
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Monday, May 29, 2017

Happy Memorial Day: Remember

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Peggy Noonan cites David McCullough's new book on why it is so important that we study and understand the past in her  Wall Street Jou...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

Blessed Margaret Pole, pray for us!

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Blessed Margaret Pole, beatified in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII with 53 other martyrs, was beheaded on May 27, 1541. EWTN posts this  biography ...

The Chesterton Option?

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Dale Ahlquist suggests an alternative to "The Benedict Option" and the Catholic World Report posted it: What is the Chesterton...
Friday, May 26, 2017

St. Philip Neri, pray for us!

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Blessed John Henry Newman and Father Frederick Faber wrote several hymns in honor of the Oratory's founder, St. Philip Neri, whose fe...

Catching Up on my Register Blog

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Just in case you haven't seen them, here are two posts I submitted to the National Catholic Register blogroll in the past two weeks:...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Our Lady of Pity in Late Medieval England

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The Bishop of Shrewsbury, Mark Davies, recently blessed a shrine to Our Lady of Pity on the grounds of the Cathedral Church of Our Lady He...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Limited Toleration in England, 1689

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The Act of Toleration, after being passed in Parliament, was approved on May 24, 1689 by William and Mary ( 1 Will & Mary c 18 ). The ...