Issue: July 1985

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From the Editor ...

The month of July is traditionally dedicated to the Precious Blood of Our Savior, whose Feast is on July 1st...

The Archbishop Speaks

The sermon of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre on the occasion of ordinations to the priesthood 29 June 1985 at Ecône.

The State of Seminaries Today

Fr. Terry Marks recounts his experiences in modern seminaries before at last becoming a member of the SSPX.

Forty Years Later . . .

Father Groche tells about Archbishop Lefebvre's voyage to Africa retracing his missionary activities there and the warm welcome he received everywhere.

A Good Theology of the Mass

A chapter from The Sacrifice of the Mass by Fr. Joseph Rickaby, S.J., a distinguished British Jesuit of the pre-World War I era.

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Dr. Malcolm Brennan answers the question "What's the matter with the New Mass?" He intends these remarks for those who were brought up on the new liturgy, or for those who had accepted the changes of the last two decades as all for the best but who are now willing to entertain second thoughts.

The Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

In honor of the Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus, herewith its Litany.

On the Blessed Trinity

Dr. Buckalew contrasts a proclamation of the New Mass that the Father alone is God with the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.

"My God and My All!"

The commencement address to this year's graduating class by the rector of St. Mary's Academy, Fr. Hervé de la Tour.

News Briefs

Items featuring discussion about women priests, collegiality, separation of Church and State in Italy, declining vocations in Canada, and promulgation of an encyclical dedicated to Sts. Cyril and Methodius, the patrons of the Slav peoples. Culled from the RNS.

Ask Me...

Father Carl answers questions about the revelation of everyone's sins at the Last Judgment, the RENEW program, the conditions laid down for the Indult Mass, and the rubrics for kneeling, sitting, and standing during low Mass.