Issue: December 1978

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The Archbishop Speaks

The sermon of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre given on the Feast of Christ the King, October 29,1978, on the occasion of the ordination of 28 deacons.

Saint Oliver Plunkett

Oliver Plunkett's career provides glimpses of many things: the progress of the reformation heresies, the vitality of the counter-reformation Catholic Church, Ireland and the Church in Ireland devastated by persecution, and Plunkett's own career toward sanctity.

The ANGELUS visits the REMNANT

On November 4th and 5th, four members of THE ANGELUS staff were present at the annual Remnant Forum which was held this year in the Los Angeles area.

Scriptural Prophecies for Advent

The coming of the Messias was foretold in Holy Writ. Dr. Mary Buckalew has compiled the most outstanding prophecies for Advent meditation.

Schism

In our previous article, we have considered how Catholics can separate themselves from the one, true Church by the sin of heresy, by rejecting part of our divine faith. In this article, we shall consider the distinct sin of schism.

Pioneers in the Struggle

Looking back to a few of the people and events important to the traditional cause before 1975, when world attention began to focus on Archbishop Lefebvre and his seminary in Switzerland.

Saint Robert Bellarmine

God, in His eternal wisdom, has seen fit to permit times of great confusion to sweep over the Church. But in each period of heresy He raises up great men, known not only for their holiness, but for their brilliance of intellect.

News from Econe

An American seminarian reports from Ecône.

Fire at St. Mary's

On November 8, 1978, fire destroyed the beautiful Immaculata Chapel at Saint Mary's, Kansas.

Dutch Cardinal Willebrands

An overview of the career, activities, and pronouncements of Cardinal Willebrands, one of the prime-movers of ecumenism in the Church for decades, starting well before Vatican II. 

Pittsburgh Retreat

Catholics from across the United States converged on Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 210 Sidney Street, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for their fourth annual Forty Hours Eucharistic Retreat held October 27-29.

News Items

Archbishop Lefebvre visits the Pope in Rome; a beautiful old church in St. Louis is demolished; a church in Mukwonago, Wis., is purchased for a new traditional-rite parish by a retired diocesan priest . . .

Novena in Honor of the Immaculate Conception

A novena in honor of the Immaculate Conception.

On the State

A short compilation contrasting what the Conciliar Church says and what the Roman Catholic Church actually teaches about the temporal order and Church-State relations.

Angel Talk

Christmas catechism quizzes and puzzles.

Ask Me

Father Carl answers questions about cremation, the validity of the New Mass and attendance thereat, and salvation outside the Church.