The Priest’s Passion
“When you see me standing up there, mumbling to myself and apparently taking no notice of you, all dressed up in silk like a great pin cushion, you mustn’t think of me as something quite…
Tag: Catholicism
Remember: On the Cultus of Charles I
By Sean Earner January 30, 2024, marks 375 years since the death of Charles I. Piety is an all-serving, all-mastering virtue by which to inhabit both the modern and the postmodern present alike. Its homely humility…
“Now Come the Days of the King!”: Aragorn as a Figure of Christ the King in the Lord of the Rings
By Thomas J. McIntyre John Ronald Ruel (hereafter referred to as J.R.R.) Tolkien, author of the epic Lord of the Rings saga, was a devout Catholic. He passed to his eternal reward in 1973, almost four…
Some Definite Service: A Book Review of “There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey”
Book Reviewed: There and Back Again: A Somewhat Religious Odyssey by Fr. Dwight Longenecker. This "somewhat religious odyssey" begins with an appropriate and well-loved quote from St. John Henry Newman: “God has created me to…
G.K. Chesterton and Anti-Semitism: Dale Ahlquist Interviews Robert Asch
Ahlquist: Please tell us about your background. Asch: I was born in London, England, on October 16, 1968, of first-generation Canadians, both of them opera singers. My ethnic background is Jewish and English (my maternal…
A Holy and Devout Virgin Queen: St. Aethelthryth (Etheldreda) of Ely
In the medieval period and up to around 1540, St. Etheldreda was still held in great esteem throughout England. Pilgrimages were made to her shrine in Ely Cathedral and badges were worn by those who…
The Forgotten Canonisation Cause of King James II
By Charles A. Coulombe My past remarks on the possibility of Charles I’s sanctity awoke something of a hornet’s nest. Not surprisingly, Ordinariate folk in particular were harshly divided, and a number of English-speaking cradle…
The Possible Fate of the Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham
Abstract This article aims to discuss the importance of Walsingham to the medieval Christians who once flocked there and why, in the sixteenth century English Reformation, local people would probably have wanted to protect and…
The Role of Catholic Recusant Women in Early Modern England
Abstract: This article is a study of some aspects of the role of Catholic women in sixteenth-century England. It assesses how the Catholic faith was passed on to children and the wider family. It looks…
“A Savior of the Savior”: A Josephite Reflection
“To give life to someone is the greatest of all gifts. To save a life is the next. Who gave life to Jesus? It was Mary. Who saved his life? It was Joseph. Ask St.…