Issue: September 2025
Letter from the District Superior
Fr. John Fullerton District Superior, USA Dear Reader, When Our Lord Jesus Christ said that “the harvest is great, and the laborers are few” (Mt. 9:37), He was not...
Discerning Vocations: What Are Parents to Do?
By Randall Flanery, Ph.D. “The purpose of parenthood is to people the earth with adorers of God and to fill heaven with saints.” 1 When someone...
On Respect for Priests
A parish thrives when its faithful respect their priest as a spiritual father and receive his guidance with supernatural docility, trusting that God works through him despite his human limitations. We should see Christ in our priests, support them with prayer, and model this reverence for our children.
The Formation of Brothers
By Fr. Kenneth Dean, SSPX Any kind of vocation or career needs formation. This is true of intellectual careers, which need a college education. This is true of those who go into the...
Who Are the Sisters of the Society Saint Pius X?
By the Sisters of the Society Saint Pius X “I haven’t seen a nun for over forty years. The Sisters of Mercy taught us in school.” Kathy was a...
Franciscan Sisters of Christ the King
By the Franciscan Sisters of Christ the King Twenty-five years ago, Fr. Eugene Heidt founded a community of Sisters dedicated to the apostolate of teaching specifically for the schools of...
Consoling Sisters of the Sacred Heart
By the Consoling Sisters of the Sacred Heart Who are those Sisters with the black habit? Are they Benedictines? No, because they don’t wear a wimple…are they Sisters of the...
A Beacon of Light: The Dominicans of Fanjeaux
By The Congregation of the Dominican Teaching Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus of Fanjeaux Te Deum Laudamus! July 1205. Fanjeaux , the proud citadel, set like a jewel in the...
Does Christ Want Me?
Christ invites all who are free of serious impediments to consider the religious life, and a vocation arises when a person freely chooses to respond to that grace rather than waiting for an extraordinary sign. By praying, staying detached from worldly distractions, and generously cooperating with God’s promptings, many more young people would recognize this call and be ready to follow it.
Grace in the Time of Confession
By Francisco Mendoza The other day, I had one of those realizations that are both embarrassing and funny, like when you learn you’ve been singing a song lyric incorrectly or...
Chosen by Our Lord and Called by the Church
By Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre Excerpt from Priestly Holiness by Archbishop Lefebvre, STAS Editions, Winona, MN, 2011, pp. 40-43. It really is a mystery,...
My Life in Tradition
By Carol Gieser When did you come to Tradition and what brought you to it? Paul and I were married in 1974. We were both parishioners of St. Joseph’s in Mandan, ND, with Fr....
On the Pastoral Office
Sermon by St. Gregory the Great Dearly beloved Brethren, our Lord and Savior instructs us at one time by His words, and at another by His works. For His works are lessons, because from His...
Ministries: Catholic or Protestant
By Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize, SSPX, translated from Courrier de Rome by Mary Molliné Words’ meanings are often determined by their use. That is why equivocity—or the fact a...
Christ the Teacher: The Kingdom’s Lessons, Part II
By Pater Scriptor Our Lord’s parable teaching makes the nature of His Kingdom clear by means of images. His Kingdom brings us the fulfillment of God His Father’s eternal design...
Questions & Answers
How do I know if I have a vocation?
The Last Word
Fr. Yves le Roux District Superior of Canada Ego Vos Elegi Dear Reader, In His eternal wisdom, God the Father chooses souls and conforms them to His Son Jesus Christ , to...