Issue: July 2025
Letter from the District Superior
Fr. John Fullerton District Superior, USA Dear Reader, By God’s design, fathers play a crucial role in the home. They provide their children with discipline, self-confidence, and a...
Blessing or Curse? How Fathers Make or Break Christendom
By Fr. Ian Andrew Palko, SSPX In the times of the Patriarchs the blessing of a father was something of great value. It conferred a particular identity upon a child and granted a mission,...
St. Thomas More: Paterfamilias
By Michael J. Miller Most English-speaking Catholics outside of Britain are acquainted with the sixteenth-century martyr Saint Thomas More, if at all, from the drama by Robert Bolt, A Man...
Natural Fatherhood
A Theological and Anthropological Approach By Gaetano Masciullo In the context of the contemporary crisis of the paternal figure, it becomes urgent and necessary to recover the full and...
Leading Minds to God
Five Rules for Intellectual Leadership By Thomas L. C. In his prayer before study, St. Thomas Aquinas asks God the Father: “Deliver me from the twofold darkness in which I was...
Being a Catholic Father
Catholic fatherhood is portrayed as a noble and essential calling that demands emotional, moral, and spiritual leadership, as well as the active presence and engagement of the father in every aspect of family life. Through consistent habits, Catholic identity, and community support, a father shapes an environment aimed at the salvation of his family while confronting challenges like self-doubt and isolation with faith and perseverance.
Reclaiming Catholic Fatherhood
By Dr. Jonathan Wanner If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished. — Hilaire Belloc Singing is a...
On “Pa” Ingalls and the Manly Art of Singing
Using Charles "Pa" Ingalls from the Little House series as a model, the essay champions singing as an essential and manly act that harmonizes work, emotion, faith, and familial bonds—one that has tragically faded from modern life due to social atomization and cultural sterility. Wanner calls on fathers to revive this lost art in their homes, proposing practical and philosophical reasons to sing boldly, forming both a microcosmic reflection of divine order and a foundation for a joyful, unified household.
Being a Father
A Difficult Challenge in a Post-Christian World By Dr. Robert Lazu Kmita When I am asked my opinion about the condition of today’s world, I have a very direct answer: the world,...
Paternal Chivalry
By Patrick Murtha What husband and father has not felt immensely the chivalric burden of the defense of a woman and children, both ideally and personally? Most keenly does it touch a man...
Advice from Our Readers: Advice from Fathers
Angelus Press Survey In January, Angelus Press invited all the mothers and fathers in our general readership to fill out a survey sharing their wisdom as parents and spouses. We received a...
Fatherhood
By Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre Excert from Spiritual Conferences at Mortain by Msgr. Marcel Lefebvre (STAS Editions, 2014). 1) In General Fatherhood sums up all...
Our Life in Tradition
By Dave and Julie Eddy 1. When did you come to Tradition, and what brought you to it? Dave: As a young boy attending a local parochial school in Denver, I was attracted to many of the...
The “Perpetual Indult” of St. Pius V
By Fr. Daniele di Sorco, SSPX, translated by Mary Molliné This article appeared in the December, 2021, issue of Courrier de Rome . Is the Bull Quo Primum Tempore enough...
Christ the Teacher: The Kingdom’s Lessons, Part I
The Kingdom’s Lessons, Part I (Mt. 13:1-23) By Pater Scriptor Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount taught us the nature of His Kingdom (Mt. 5-7). He instructed His Apostles in...
Questions and Answers
Why is the Pope called the “Holy Father”?
The Last Word
Fr. Yves le Roux District Superior of Canada The Father, Reflection of God’s Tenderness Dear Reader, What better image of God’s tenderness can...
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