November 2011

One Example of How Beautiful Church Buildings Lead People to God – Jen. Fulwiler, NCRg

Give Beauty Slowly (and Mormon Mommy Blogs) – Julie Rodrigues, VirtuousPla.net

Breaking Bad Liturgical Habits – George Weigel, First Things/On the Square

SSPX Superiors Unanimously Agreed to Reject Vatican’s Doctrinal Preamble – Cranmer

After the Desert: A Faithful Catholic’s Reflection on Same-Sex Attraction – S. G., OSV

The United Nations and Human Life Issues – The Motely Monk, The American Catholic

Should Catholics Attend Invalid Weddings? – Eric Sammons, Our Sunday Visitor

England to Welcome the Heart of Curé d’Ars – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald

From the Thames to the Tiber – Anne Barbeau Gardiner, New Oxford Review

A Misguiding Note from the Vatican – Fr. Michael P. Orsi, Crisis Magazine

Justice & Peace. . . and the Financial Crisis – George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Following “The Way” – Matthew A. Rarey, Catholic World Report

All Souls Day, Purgatory & Prayers for the Dead – Marcellino D’Ambrosio PhD, ICL™

What’s Wrong With Dies Irae? – David G. Bonagura Jr, First Things/On the Square

The “Hymnus ad Exequias Defuncti” of Prudentius – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Mvmnt

Saints Without Names, Souls Without Number – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

An Angel’s Message on All Soul’s Day – Lorraine Murray, Integrated Catholic Life™

All Souls Day – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

The Day I Met a Saint – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Spiritual Workout of a Former Saint – Bob Waruszewski, VirtuousPla.net

Why Believe In The Communion of Saints? – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

After Seven Billion – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Egypt: Christian Experience the Worst in Centuries – ACN-USA News

Workers Plead Guilty in Philly Abortion House of Horrors Case – Th L. McDonald, NCRgstr

Justice and Peace “Note”: A Seed That Fell on the Rock? – Connie Marshner, HLI America

Rick Perry’s Marriage Problems – Phyllis Schlafly, Crisis Magazine

The Great Jewish Orthodox Comeback – Lawrence Grossman, Jewish Ideas Daily

Alternative to Obscene Girl Scouts: American Heritage Girls – Mark Shea, Patheos/CAEI!

U.S: Catholic Ads to Air Nationally on Prime-Time TV – Tim Drake, National Cthlc Register

Collapse of Irish Catholicism: A Self-Induced Crisis? – Shane, Lux Occulta

SSPX Priest: No Agreement with Holy See – Ches, The Sensible Bond

Pentecostal, Jew, New Ager, Atheist & Finally Catholic – Leonard L. Adams Jr., WIC

A Reflection on the Healing Hope of Purgatory – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdcs of Wshngtn

Love Notes: A Catechesis for Marriage on the Brink – Lisa Mladinich, Catholic Lane

Swords & Trowels – Daniel McInerny, High Concepts

Saintly Apparel for Kids – Robyn Lee, Daily Register

Barbarian Invasion: Then and Now – Jared Dale Combista, VirtuousPla.net

Same-Sex “Marriage”: Voluntary Today Might be Mandatory Tomorrow – Dylan Parry, ARS

Satanism: A Primer – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Crisis Magazine

Let’s End the Obsession with “Women Priests” – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

And Yet, It Moves – George Cardinal Pell, MercatorNet

Life Lessons from Joseph Stalin – Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine

A Supranational Authority, A Catholic Perspective – Fr. Rob. J. Araujo SJ, Mirror of Justice

The Call to Live Transformed Lives as Catholic Men – Maurice Blumberg, Catholic Lane

Confidence and Christians – Derek Caudill, VirtuousPla.net

Unearned Love – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

Why There’s Hope for Life After Abortion – Kathryn Jean Lopez, Daily Register

The Particular Imagination – Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Dappled Things

Gingrich: Arab Spring is Really Anti-Christian Spring – Stephanie Samuel, Christian Post

Suicide of the Kansas City Star Newspaper – Bill Donohue, Catholic League

Episcopal Church Reports Lowest Membership in 70 Years – Catholic News Agency

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Shrewd Election Tactics – Samuel Tadros, Hudson Institute

A Spiritual Battle, How to Win the Culture War – Dr. Peter Kreeft, Integrated Cthlc Life™

Bankrolling Beauty: The Money Men of the 15th Century – Sarah Phelps Smith, MercNet

Georgetown’s Catholic Apologist for Islam – Robert Spencer, Crisis Magazine

The German Pope who took on the Secular World – Eamon Duffy, Catholic Herald

“Before Richard Dawkins Was. . . I Am.” – Frank Weathers, Patheos/Why I Am Catholic

Why the U.S. Needs DOMA – Catholic News Agency

Stout Hearts and Whizzing Biscuits – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

New Entertainment Co. Catholicizes Pop Culture – Daniel McInerny, Catholic Exchange

English Bishops’ Magic Circle Still Keeping Orthodoxy Down – Damian Thompson, Dly Tlgrph

Pondering Punishment in the Light of Love – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Wshngtn

Where Protestantism Goes Wrong: Biblical Inspiration & Church Authority – Carl Olson, IIS

Obscene – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

On Saints and Souls – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

Torches from God – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

O Saints, Teach Us What You Know! – Elizabeth Scalia, First Things/On the Square

Dies Irae, or ‘Did Edgar Allen Poe Know Gregorian Chant?’ – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Halloween and All Saint’s Day – Brent Salkeld, Vox Nova

Saints Inspire Kids in Holiness – Kerry Crawford & Patricia A. Crawford, Daily Register

The Feast of All Saints, 2011 – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

‘Listening’ and the New Missal – Editors, Daily Register

No Mere Book: New Missal & Renewal for the U.S. Church – Fr. Tucker Cordani, Cthlc Lane

Teacher Preparation in Catholic Colleges – Kenneth M. Weinig, New Oxford Review

Rome Economist Explains Vatican Financial Reform Note – Michael Severance, Actn Inst

Vatican’s Financial Proposals deserve More from its Friends & Foes – Russell Shaw, OSV

There should be a Catholic Supreme Governor of the Church of England – Wm Oddie, CH

The Changing face of Christianity in the Holy Land – Dc. Greg Kandra, The Deacon’s Bench

Statutory Rape, Corruption & Planned Parenthood – Royce, VirtuousPla.net

The Book of Revelation: Key Themes in Apocalyptic Literature – Len Urso, DPS Journal

Egypt: Copt’s Murder a Test of New Anti-Discrimination Law – Kurt Werthmuller, Hdsn Inst

The Hazards of Grandma’s House – Marissa Nichols, The Theology of Laundry

“Women Need to Watch Something Other Than the Mass Media” – Carl Olson, Ign Ins Scp

Why do we Catholics Celebrate the Feast of All Saints – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Remember the Iraqi Martyrs in Your Prayers Today – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hdgrw

When Ultra-Christian French Fundamentalists Attack – Mollie Ziegler, Get Religion

Too Many People? Ignore the UNPFA & Welcome Baby 7 Billion – Steven T. Mosher, NCReg

The World’s 7-Billionth Baby Is a Gift, Not a Problem – Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

New Missal: An Opportunity in Sacred Music – Brian MacMichael & Michael Roesch, OSV

Benedictine Monastic Life in Italy (new video) – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

In Philadelphia, A Model School Kindles Hope – Kevin E. Schmiesing, Acton Institute

You Are Autumn – Sarah Babbs, VirtuousPla.net

Desperate Churchmice – George Weigel, NR

Mother AND Teacher: The Church, Financial Reform, & Realism – John Médaille, Cth Lane

Senate Republicans should Defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – Catholic Vote