Sancta Unctio Cæli: The Most Forgotten Sacrament

I once visited the gorgeous church of St. Mary’s in Norwalk Connecticut. This one visit has…

Saint of the Issue: St. Nicholas

On December 6th, the Universal Western Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra.…

Three-Fold Advent

The word ‘Advent’ comes from the Latin word for arrival, adventus, and is used because it…

The Church Against Freemasonry

The Freemasons are an elusive group when it comes to the modern field of strange and…

St. Martin’s Lent

The current precepts of the Catholic Church require the faithful to fast on two days each…

Why is November Dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory?

The month of November being dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory is a calling from…

Día de los Muertos 

Many people who know of different celebrations of regional cultures are of course aware of the…

What is the Episcopacy?

The Catholic hierarchy as we know and understand it today consists of three levels of ordinations:…

October and The Rosary

In October, the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary, Catholics say this Marian prayer as a…

How to Become a Bishop

As many Bostonians are now very well aware, His Eminence, the beloved Archbishop Seán Patrick Cardinal…