In which we begin to take a look at what it means to hold an incarnational faith. Read more

Some Evangelicals think they have found Noah’s Ark. This is the sort of story that gets nine-day-wonder play in the MSM, is trumpeted as “proof” of the Bible by Fundamentalists whether Evangelical or Conservative Catholic (you watch, it will show up on Bob Sungenis’ site along with “Dinosaurs lived alongside man” and “Pyramids prove the flood” articles. Meanwhile, what we actually know is that some Evangelicals *think* they have found Noah’s Ark and have issues a press release to that... Read more

I finally get a chance to defend the Latin Mass from post-Vatican II snobbery instead of defending the Paul VI rite from pre-Vatican II snobbery. I’d like to, as they say, associate myself with Fr. Z’s reply to the tedious Jan Larson–and on basically the same grounds as I would when dealing with snooty folk who insist that if I am grateful for Mass in the Paul VI rite then I’m not a Truly True Catholic. The snobby elitism and... Read more

This is the Ellis Island record of my wife’s Grandmother, who came to the US on the Lusitania! The Internet: Frighteningly good at digging up information on your private life. Read more

Few realized when “Small is Beautiful” was published that E.F. Schumacher’s economic theories were underpinned by solid religious and philosophical foundations, the fruits of a lifetime of searching. In 1971, two years before the book?s publication, Schumacher had become a Roman Catholic, the final destination of his philosophical journey. More here from the excellent Joseph Pearce. Read more

Dawn Marie Roeder has written a book about her own loss and discovery of grace and hope in It Doesn’t End Here. You can learn more about her and her book at her website. Read more

…always remind me of the opening of The Exorcist and its image of the desecrated church as a harbinger of Things to Come. There’s something so utterly puerile and small about desecrating a statue of the Virgin. And the person who does it invariably regards himself as a hero, “striking back”. Satan loves to Miltonic poses of heroism as he does these little deeds of teenage vandalism. His favorite targets are the weak–hence his love of abortion. Note as well... Read more

…that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 Here is the moving story of a noble Navy pilot who made the ultimate sacrifice for his crewmates. May God remember him with favor and blessing on That Day through our Lord Jesus Christ. Read more

Today, my fawning lickspittles, I stoop down in my boundless largesse to bestow upon your dog-like gratitude this: Get out there and sweat to the surreal! That is all! Read more

Here’s the first webcast from last Wednesday. I decided to call it The Hall of Tyrannus Hour because a) that’s awesome and it rocks; b), it lets me use cool dinosaur images and; c) the Hall of Tyrannus is where Paul preached to the world in Ephesus, so it seems a fitting name for a cyber-apostolate. http://www.paladininnovators.com/shea/swfs/sheaplayer-vars.swf?streamName=aae-pt1 Part two of our discussion of “Evangelization and Apologetics”, now with with 50% fewer bugs and glitches, will go live at 7:00 PM... Read more