The episcopal consecrations of June 30, 1988 carried out by Bishop Lefebvre and Bishop de Castro Mayer. c/o Wiki Media Commons The upcoming consecrations are an action that will reverberate for centuries in the Church. It’s a continuation of Archbishop Lefebvre's necessary project in response to the tragic drift of Rome, on behalf of every faithful Catholic who ever was or ever will be. Like the arms of Christ on the cross, reaching east and west, past and future, for all ete

Selections from The Last Crusade: Spain: 1936

Ave Maria! May Our Lady, Queen of the Rosary, bless us with her Divine Child Jesus, and together with St. Joseph, St. Clotilde, St. Fernando and St. Joan of Arc, pray for us! The past few days in the Roman Calendar have followed a certain theme. Starting with May 30, the feast of both King St. Fernando of Castile and St. Joan of Arc, only to be followed by the feast day of the Queenship of Mary. Then came June, the Month dedicated to the Sacred Heart, a royalist banner and sy

We have no home here. Ave Maria, May Our Immaculate Lady, Assumed into heaven, together with St. Joseph, St. Philip Neri and All saints, pray for us! This last Ascension Thursday, I spent the day preparing for my Grandmother’s funeral and burial. Earlier in the year my grandmother was diagnosed with terminal Cancer. She had the grace to receive the traditional last rites, to die wearing the brown scapular, and had a Sung Requiem Mass was said for her. Still I implore you a

Ave Maria! May Our Lady of Fatima, the Immaculate Queen of the Rosary, together with St. Michael, St. Constantine, St. Helena, St Pius, and St. Alexander, pray for us! On 17 April 2026, President Trump announced that his administration would be releasing "very interesting documents" regarding UFOs "very, very soon." Regardless of what is released by this administration, we know what the angelic doctor St. Thomas Aquinas wrote on Intelligent life: "Further, man has intellect i

Ave Maria! May Our Lady of Good Counsel, the Immaculate Queen of Heaven, together with St. Joseph, St. Fidelis, and St. Peter Martyr, pray for us! Today, 24 April, the Church commemorates The Capuchin Father Fidelis the Martyr. Let’s take a look at the life of this grand martyr and what he can teach us about heretics. The life of St. Fidelis. Our St. Fidelis was born in SIgmaringen in Southern Germany in 1577, where he practiced law until he became disenfranchised with the w

Ave María! May our Lady, the Immaculate Queen of Heaven, together with St. Joseph, St. Hermenegildo, and the Martyrs of Florida, pray for us! During Eastertide, the Church brings to the altar, the holy memory of St. Hermenegildo. On 13 April 585 AD, King St. Hermenegildo was beheaded by orders of his king and father for refusing to receive communion from an Arian bishop. In the life of St. Hermenegildo we can find many lessons, two of which I wish to bring up to for discussio

Selection from Going His Way (1946) by Rev. Gerald T. Brennan Purchase on Amazon Read on America Needs Fatima Listen on LibriVox and Internet Archive The Boy Hero IN YOUR geography classes you've learned about sunny Spain. Well, my story this morning is about Spain, but it's not about sunny Spain. My story is about a sad Spain, because Spain was at war. Spain was at war with her enemies. It seems that the enemies of Spain were attacking the city of Toledo. In the city of To

Selection from First Communion Days by A Sister of Notre Dame Audiobook on LibriVox and Internet Archive Emmerickhaus , the childhood home of Anne Catherine Emmerich ( source ) Anne Catherine On the 8th September, 1774, Our Blessed Lady’s birthday, a little baby girl was born, who that same day was baptised and received the name of Anne Catherine. The house where she was born was poorer than any you have seen in this country. Built of wood and mud, it contained only one squ

May Our Immaculate Lady, assumed into heaven, together with St. Joseph, St. Francis and St. Anthony, pray for us! On 7 March 2026, we attended the Society’s San Antonio Missions pilgrimage. The roughly seven mile walk along the San Antonio River took us to four of Texas’ oldest Churches. The old Spanish Mission-chapels of the Immaculate Concepcion, St. Joseph, St. John Capistrano and St. Francis. These missions were established by Franciscan missionaries to convert the local