Issue: September 1987

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From the Desk of the District Superior

Father Laisney announces major events in the U.S. District, including acquisition of a property in Winona, Minnesota for St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary.

Are American Catholics in Schism?

The following article appeared last month in the Los Angeles Times—a survey of American Catholics in regard to the Pope and Church doctrine. It is, to say the least, an eye-opener!

Yet Another Debate Between Conciliar Bishops and the Society of Saint Pius X

The following Pastoral Letter, however wrong it may be, is a good representation of what the bishops and priests in the Conciliar Church think of the Society of St. Pius X and Archbishop Lefebvre. It is worth reading, but even more important reading is the brilliant response to this letter by Father Stephen Abdoo.

Fr. Abdoo's Answer to the New Zealand Bishops

Just two days before his death, Father Abdoo published this refutation of the Bishops' arguments and showed why the SSPX takes the stand that it does.

Pope Saint Pius X

Our featured saint of the month of September is St. Pius X.

Catholic Principles, Freemasonry, and the Republic

As if convinced that their love of their country depends on their being able to approve of her origins and form of government, Catholics persist in making claims regarding the origins and form of government of the United States which Catholic teaching and documented history do not support. This year of the bicentennial of the United States Constitution seems a propitious time for correcting some of these errors. Dr. Buckalew sets the record straight.

The Simplicity of Great Men

An anecdote about St. Pius X from the pages of "Don Bosco's Madonna."

Mater Dolorosa & "The Immortal Spouse of Christ"

A poem by John Fitzpatrick, and a passage from Fr. Michael Muller's God the Teacher of Mankind.

Our Lady of Good Fortune

Father Williamson related the following story to the seminarians at Ridgefield earlier this year. It had been passed on to him by the Superior General, Fr. Schmidberger. It's a fascinating account of an apparition of Our Lady in 1634 in the town of Quito, Ecuador.

Alcoholism, the Ruin of Many

Dire data related in a recent book about alcohol use and abuse in America serve Mr. Valenza as the springboard for a discussion of Scriptural warnings about drinking alcohol and the moral rules regarding drunkenness.

Saved by the Angelus!

The following instance of a providential escape from death occurred many years ago in Austria.

Correspondence Catechism

A newly-prepared and thoroughly traditional course, the "Children of Mary Correspondence Catechism," promises to help parents with these problems and to provide children with a good foundation in their Catholic Faith.

Joyfulness of the heart is the life of a man

A few humorous anecdotes...

RNS

Church having limited impact on lives of Canadians • Hungarian government issues guidelines to religious writers • Serra, short of sainthood, joins comic book heroes • Atheists sue over city seals.

St. Alphonsus Liguori's Meditation on Three of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Alphonsus Liguori's meditations on Our Lady's first, fourth, and seventh sorrows.

Letters to the Editor

What can the laity do about the disastrous situation in the Church? a London reader asks.

Ask Me...

Father Carl clarifies the teaching of the parable of the prodigal son and a rubric in the Canon of the Mass.