Issue: December 1982

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Letter from the Editor

Fr. Bolduc writes: "As so many of you know, the various operations that make up the 'world' of St. Mary's—the K-12 Academy, the four-year College, the South-West District Headquarters, the thriving parish, the farm—have all enjoyed steady and, in some cases, spectacular growth in the past four years..."

Letter to the Apostolic Delegate

Case No. 4 of the Angelus Press dossier on schism & anarchy in the U.S. Church, girl altar servers, is addressed to the Most Reverend Pio Laghi.

Saint Mary's... Our Lodestar

Phyllis Graham writes, "Whatever else can be said about it, one has to admit that St. Mary's is anything but ordinary, and that there is probably more significance behind its nearly miraculous reclamation than meets the eye..."

Elizabethan Catholics and the Mass

Father Caraman in a riveting account tells the heroic lives of priests and laity who gave up their lives in Elizabethan England for their fidelity to the Faith of their forefathers.

Roll of Infamy

While thankfully the Equal Rights Amendment was defeated, it is fitting to set down for the record the names of the 23 Catholic bishops who publicly supported it.

Saints of God, make intercession for us

The protomartyr St. Stephen is our featured saint for the month of December.

News from St. Mary's College

The Month of the Rosary, ongoing renovation of the dormitories, and the Harvest Festival filled the calendar at St. Mary's in the fall.

Worship, a Preparation for Christ's Coming

An Advent sermon by Cardinal Newman.

The Mystery of the Nativity

A famous sermon for Christmas by St. Leo the Great: "Acknowledge, O Christian, the dignity that is yours!..."

Heaven Cannot Hold Him

A Christmas poem by Christina Rossetti.

Angel Talk

A quiz about the life of Christ and a Lamb of God crossword puzzle.

Our Lady of Ephesus

Father Basil Wrighton has given us another article; his impression of a visit which he made to Ephesus in September.

New Priests of the SSPX

Ordinations took place the 3rd of November at Oyster Bay Cove, New York.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about Jews for Jesus, Fr. Leonard Feeney, the game Dungeons and Dragons, and whether John Paul II has self-deposed himself for apostasy.