Issue: May 1988

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A Letter from the District Superior

On May 5, the feast of St. Pius V, there was a first step toward an agreement between Rome and the Society of St. Pius X.

Holy Cross Seminary

At last, thanks to much effort and the grace of God, a traditional Catholic seminary has been opened here in Australia for the entire district of Australasia.

The Dowery of Mary: The English Church on the Eve of Reformation

In order to truly understand the English Church in 1509 and to comprehend the catastrophe Henry's revolution thrust upon the folk of his time one must try to visualize a society which those who have grown up in the totally secularized atmosphere of twentieth century America and Europe can scarcely imagine. It was a society wholly immersed in religion...

"Basic Higher Catholic Education"

Malcolm Brennan on the Modernism at Georgetown U.

Flippity-flop

F. E. Callaghan comments on the flip-flopping going on in the Church.

In the Chains of the Hammer and Sickle

The concluding chapter of Father Krupa's story of life in Communist Hungary.

Letter from Ridgefield

Since their return from Easter break, the seminarians benefitted from the visits of several very interesting guests, among whom Malachi Martin and the Canadian defense attorney Doug Christie, of the Ernst Zundel trial fame.

Carmel of the Holy Trinity

This Carmelite Convent opened in the USA in November of 1985. The story here gives one an idea of the life they live, including their daily schedule.

Fr. Edmund Gennings

A seminarian of St.Thomas Aquinas Seminary tells the story of a young English priest who suffered martyrdom under Queen Elizabeth for the crime of being a Catholic priest in England.

News Briefs...

"Lefebvre followers moving to 'stricter moral climate' of Minnesota." An article by Wilmar Thorkelson for the RNS.

If We But Realized the Gift of God!

Have we really pondered what it means for Jesus to be truly present in the Blessed Sacrament? These reflections greatly help us  to do so.

Some Humor

"Grin and Bear It," a poem, and "The Cadillac of her dreams."

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about St. Joseph, the scapular, a person desirous of becoming Catholic but held back by an illicit union, and the New Mass in Navajo.