Issue: November 2008

Letter from the Editor

Fr. Markus Heggenberger

The real front of the war inside the Catholic Church is the front between Catholics and liberal Catholics.

Growing Up

Fr. Paul Robinson

This final article on adolescence will explore the ways in which parents can give children the strength they need to face the tough realities of adult life.

Where Do We Go?

James Kalb, esq.

We Catholics will never get anywhere with the social dimension of our faith if people believe that faith makes no sense. In the long run, if we are unable to discuss our ideas with others we will be unable to articulate them even to ourselves. So what do we do?

 

What do you ask of the Church? The Faith!

Bishop Bernard Fellay

Sermon of Bishop Bernard Fellay, preached at Saint-Malo, France, on the Feast of the Assumption (August 15, 2008)

Little Sisters of St. Francis of Strict Observance

The Little Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi “of strict observance” is the off-shoot of a congregation of pontifical right founded in 1873 in the province of Anjou, France...

Enduring Trials in a Spirit of Generosity

Archbishop Lefebvre

Our Lord gave His apostles a glimpse of what their apostolate would be like. He began by saying, “I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves” (Mt. 10:16). What a thing for Our Lord Jesus Christ to say! (A passage from the recently published collection of the Archbishop's thoughts on priesthood, Priestly Holiness)

THE LIST

Dr. Andrew Childs provides a top 100 listening guide to classical music.

Recreation and Children

Mrs. Mary Reed Newland

For parents, recreation is as much a part of the spiritual training of their children as anything else, with one simple distinction: to be recreation, for a child, it must be fun...

Catechism of the Crisis in the Church, Pt. 18

Questions 60 through 62 on aspects of the New Mass.

Questions & Answers

Fr. Peter Scott considers whether the Church's infallibility extends to disciplinary laws and whether a human-animal hybrid embryo has a soul.