Issue: May 1983

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Letter to Friends and Benefactors No. 24

The great Father Barrielle has passed away...

Message of Importance to American Friends and Benefactors

The long-standing disagreement between Archbishop Lefebvre and some SSPX priests in the North-East District has come out into the open.

Letter to the Apostolic Delegate

Case No. 9 from the Angelus Press Dossier on schism and anarchy in the Church in the U.S.: Eucharistic hospitality to Protestants.

The Glories of Mary for the Sake of Her Son

There could be no more appropriate tribute to Our Lady in her month of May than this beautiful and profound sermon by Cardinal Newman.

The Ottaviani Intervention Part I

Michael Davies describes the impact made by the famous study of the New Order of Mass presented to Paul VI in 1969, the reaction of the Vatican, and the attempt to discredit it.

Mary as Co-Redemptrix

With this issue we begin a new series called "Wisdom Ever Ancient Ever New." It will be a monthly column containing a short selection from a classical spiritual writer, with a few words of introduction.

Peace

Father Werenfried van Straaten is publisher of "Aid to the Church in Need." He probably has more first-hand experience of Communism than the entire plethora of Catholic peaceniks who are infesting the Church today. We commend a letter addressed to readers of his journal in its December 1982 issue.

St. Joan of Arc

"She believed that he was faithful who had promised, not having received the promises, but beholding them afar off and saluting them..." A splendid sermon on St. Joan of Arc.

A Prayer by St. Pius X for the Clergy

A prayer for priests worth reciting daily!

Vatican May Permit Return of Latin Mass

The (Tulsa) World reports: "The Vatican has made an overture to Roman Catholics who persist in the Latin rite that would permit their use of the Tridentine Mass, the worldwide head of the traditionalist group said here Sunday..."

Saint Monica

The story of St. Monica is the story of the tremendous strength and endurance of a mother's love. From Don Bosco's "Madonna."

Ask Me

Father Carl addresses concerns about praying the Rosary, John Paul II's orthodoxy, confession face-to-face, and the ongoing series of Letters to the Apostolic Delegate.