Issue: January 1979
The Archbishop Speaks
The subject of Archbishop Lefebvre's sermon for All Saints' Day, November 1978, is purgatory, with concluding remarks about cremation.
Letter from Econe
News from the International St. Pius X Seminary at Ecône, Switzerland, by a seminarian, focusing on developments of Society seminaries; confirmation of Archbishop Lefebvre's recent meeting with the Holy Father.
Saint Robert Southwell
Dr. Brennan summarizes the life of the Jesuit poet-martyr Robert Southwell.
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
A life of the renowned 18th-century saint presented by Donald R. Fantz.
Sacrilege!
A member of Congress who opposed abortions stated at the time abortions were legalized in America: "If abortion is legalized the responsibility must rest with the American Bishops who have not opposed the measure, nor used the means at their disposal to fight against it."...
More on "Ecumenism"
What the Conciliar Church says about ecumenism contrasted with what the Roman Catholic Church teaches on the subject by the mouth of Pius XI in Mortalium Animos.
Send in the Clowns
Michael Davies reports on an April Fools' Mass celebrated last year in the diocese of Boston, with the priest in a clown costume...
Angelus Shop
A word about the beginnings of a small Catholic religious goods store, the Angelus Shop, by its founders.
The Nine Hundred and the Nine
An old-timer reminisces about the Mass of his childhood, and what is inflicted on Catholic students today.
Christians, Don't Get Excited So Quickly!
A warning to the faithful given by Cardinal Ottaviani in an article first published in the Osservatore Romano in 1951. "For the last fifteen years, while the religious authority has remained hesitant, the people have not been waiting, but have been rushing in crowds towards miraculous happenings which, to say the least, go uncontrolled..."
Msgr Donahue Associate of the SSPX
News of the Society: Msgr. Donahue, with two chapels in Southern California, has become an Associate of the Society. And Archbishop Lefebvre sends his condolences to Fr. Bolduc over the loss of the beautiful church at St. Mary's.
The New Family Improvement Solution
Tomorrow's "brave new world" might not be all that the social planners and scientists say it will be if we "control our environment" by eliminating people through massive programs of birth control, by articial contraceptives and abortion on demand. This satire, a projection of the not-too-distant future of how coldly efficient people-elimination may become, is not at all out of the realm of the possible.
Name Of Jesus
A poem in honor of the Feast of the Holy Name, celebrated this month.
Angel Talk
Two pages of quizzes and puzzles on the Sacraments for the children.
Ask Me
Father Carl briefly addresses questions on the implications God's simultaneous knowledge of past, present, and future; on the Vatican II popes; organ donation; the apparitions at San Damiano, Italy; and the purpose of Freemasonry.
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