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T. Francis Ryan M. Gerhold
In 1181, Almighty
God, seeing that the hearts of men were turning cold and away from His
Church, raised up St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis's mission was to
remind the world of the sufferings of Our Lord Jesus Christ Crucified
by founding a religious order called the Friars Minor (Franciscans). The
Franciscans would help revive the Church by the heroic practice of the
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:17 PM CST
Rev. Fr. Franz Schmidberger
Excerpts
from the remarks given by Fr. Franz Schmidberger, First Assistant
to the Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X to the faithful
at Immaculate Conception Priory, Post Falls Idaho, April 19, 2002.
It is always a profound
joy for me to visit different places around the world and to see the development
of our work, so I am quite pleased to
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:17 PM CST
By Rev. Fr.
Peter R. Scott
Q.
Can Catherine of Siena and St. Therese of the Child Jesus be considered
Doctors of the Church?
A.
The term "Doctor
of the Church" is a title of honor that was first attributed to those
of the Fathers who were most eminent in the wisdom of their writings and
the holiness of their lives. They were consequently extraordinary teachers
of the Faith. The
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:17 PM CST
Book
Review
TITLE:
Religious Liberty Questioned
AUTHOR: Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
PUBLISHER: Angelus Press
REVIEWER: Dr. Peter Chojnowski
SUMMARY:
"For the first time, the English-speaking world is being presented
with a text which summarizes, in a definitive manner, the traditional
teaching of the Catholic Church on
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Rev.
Fr. Michael C. Crowdy
The
caryatids were Greek stone columns carved in the shape of women. The
columns were functional, serving as supports for roofs or beams that
rested on the heads of the carved women. The architecture perhaps
illustrates for us that the Catholic Church recognizes how much the
Catholic woman, living her proper role, is a necessary pillar upholding
the Catholic
