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Father Fessio interviews Ignatius Press’s first translatorRecommended by postcard from Von Balthasar

Father Fessio interviews Ignatius Press’s first translator
Recommended by postcard from Von Balthasar

Father Joseph Fessio, the founder and editor of Ignatius Press in San Francisco, interviewed the founding translator for the press, Father Simeon, formerly Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis on July 28. Excerpts from the interview: Father Fessio: “Ignatius Press began because

Justice Thomas:”I revere, admire and love my nuns”2021 Tocqueville lecture reveals his Black man's victimhood

Justice Thomas:”I revere, admire and love my nuns”
2021 Tocqueville lecture reveals his Black man's victimhood

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivers the 2021 Tocqueville Lecture Sept. 16 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. “We are all aware of those who assert that America is a racist and irredeemable nation,” he said. “But

Rosary Crusade Against the DarknessPray with Archbishop Cordileone, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Dr. Ralph Martin, Father Dave Pivonka, Lila Rose, Kimberly Hahn

Rosary Crusade Against the Darkness
Pray with Archbishop Cordileone, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Dr. Ralph Martin, Father Dave Pivonka, Lila Rose, Kimberly Hahn

Even in this time of worry, confusion, and darkness, there are tremendous signs of hope, including a renewed devotion to Our Lady and the power of the rosary, and a firmer trust in her promise at Fatima that “In the

Monks at Norcia pray 8 times a day, now brew beerBirthplace of St. Benedict on way back from 2016 earthquake

Monks at Norcia pray 8 times a day, now brew beer
Birthplace of St. Benedict on way back from 2016 earthquake

Father Cassian Folsom re-founded the Benedictine monastery in Norcia “from scratch,” so to speak, in 2000. It was/is a new foundation. The monks in Norcia (birthplace of St Benedict and St Scholastica) left in the early 19th century.

My father and I on a retreat in MalibuWhat might have happened on the way to Judas’ self-hanging

My father and I on a retreat in Malibu
What might have happened on the way to Judas’ self-hanging

Serra Retreat House in Malibu reminds me of a ship on land. The old, elegant property (constructed by a woman in the 1920s as her dream home, only to see her husband die suddenly before construction

Archbishop Gomez: we need a Sabbath mindsetIn a workaholic culture

Archbishop Gomez: we need a Sabbath mindset
In a workaholic culture

….I have long been concerned that our lives are getting so crowded, so “noisy” with distractions, that we are losing our desire and even our ability for recollection and contemplation, for just being still and silent

None of us should want to kill the Latin MassSingle people or young parents in their thirties and early forties love it

None of us should want to kill the Latin Mass
Single people or young parents in their thirties and early forties love it

Apparently they never give up. Some bishops want “to see the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite explicitly suppressed, or subject to further restrictions,” says Una Voce in a statement released on July 4th. These advocates for the older use

“In the spirit of interfaith cooperation”With approval from the Diocese of Orange, congregants of the Islamic Center of Fullerton will use space at Catholic church for prayers marking the end of Ramadan

“In the spirit of interfaith cooperation”
With approval from the Diocese of Orange, congregants of the Islamic Center of Fullerton will use space at Catholic church for prayers marking the end of Ramadan

Leaders at the Islamic Center of Fullerton, a growing congregation in Orange County, feared they would go a second year without gathering in person for Eid-al-Fitr prayers that mark the end of Ramadan.

Adult Education via Zoom; C.S. Lewis Course; San Diego WalksCatholic Events in California This Week

Adult Education via Zoom; C.S. Lewis Course; San Diego Walks
Catholic Events in California This Week

San Francisco – A Short Course On C.S. Lewis With Dr. Peter Kreeft Zoom – Christianity as True Philosophy: The Theology of St. Justin Martyr San Diego (Zoom) –

Cotton ball dipped in ChrismConfirmations return to San Bernardino diocese, with Covid revisions

Cotton ball dipped in Chrism
Confirmations return to San Bernardino diocese, with Covid revisions

As Riverside and San Bernardino counties continue their reopening, parishes are beginning to confirm young Catholics across the Diocese while still adhering to safety measures.

Bishop Alberto Rojas revised the safety directives for

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