Issue: March 1987

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From the Editor's Desk

This period of Lent brings us to the contemplation of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Price of our Redemption...

A Tour of South America

Fr. Dominic Bourmaud, representing the U.S. at the big birthday bash in honor of Archbishop Lefebvre, visits the Society's seminary at La Reja and reports on the state of the Church and civil society in Latin America.

The Annunciation

Fr. Laisney's sermon for the Feast of the Holy Rosary delivered at Post Falls, Idaho.

The Contemporary Catholic Crisis in Its Historical Perspective (Pt. 6)

The takeover of the Church by committees is detailed by Michael Davies in the sixth part of this study.

Saint Patrick's Breastplate

This beautiful prayer of St. Patrick is supposed to have been composed by him in preparation for his victory over paganism. The following is a literal translation from the old Irish text.

Endurance: The Christian's Portion

A Lenten sermon of Cardinal Newman.

Letter from Ridgefield

Seminsarians of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary report on the clerical ceremonies for the Feast of the Purification, exams, and participation in the March for Life.

News Briefs

Roman Catholic Bishop Francis J. Mugavero of Brooklyn has barred Dignity, a Catholic group that ministers to homosexuals, from using any diocesan institutions for its meetings; Malachi Martin's book The Jesuits arouses the ire of the Jesuits; Archbishop Hunthausen of Seattle has been stripped of authority; Vatican condemns alternative child-bearing methods; and more.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers inquiries about religious orders under the aegis of the SSPX; a diocesan ban on the TLM; a bad movie from Hollywood, The Name of the Rose; and the morality of swimming in mixed groups.