“The future of the Church is on the land, not in the city“ – Peter Maurin, and Fr. Vincent McNabb O.P.
Peter Maurin, the French friend of Dorothy Day On the 4th May 1933 the first issue of Dorothy Day’s newspaper The Catholic…
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Blessed Frédéric Ozanam and the city of Paris
“Ozanam: that type of Christian, as ancient as his religion, as modern as his time.“ Father Henri Lacordaire O.P. about his friend…
Blessed Frédéric Ozanam and the question of vocation
“Ozanam: that type of Christian, as ancient as his religion, as modern as his time.“ Father Henri Lacordaire O.P. about his friend…
Saint Martin of Tours, patron saint of France
Saint Martin is one of the most famous saints, remembered and honored every year on the 11th November. And because he was…
Gregorian Masses
Gregorian Masses are a series of thirty consecutive Holy Masses celebrated by a priest for the eternal rest of a departed soul,…
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine – All Souls‘ Day
“Requiem aeternam done eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.““Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let…
The feast of All Saints according to the “Golden Legend“
The four purposes of this feast day according to Jacobus de Voragine‘s Golden Legend “The Feast of All Saints was instituted for…
Memento mori, and the dance of the Maccabees
Memento mori “In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.“ Ecclesiasticus (Sirach): 7: 40 “‘It is in…
The Twelve Holy Apostles no. 7: Saint Simon the Zealot and Saint Jude Thaddeus
On the 28th October each year, the Church venerates the Holy Apostles Simon and Jude. In expectation of that day, we will…
The Old Testament allusions of a prophetic message in the French Alps in 1846
Our Lady of La Salette – a Marian apparition approved by the Church Recently, on the 19th September, was the feast day…