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Category Archives: REVIEWS
BOOKS in my stack, recently received and other
Someone asked me what I was reading these days. Frankly, I am not into all that much at the moment, since I am catching up on some things. However, I have recently received some books that I intend to get … Read More
Newly Received! Challenge Coin – Coloring Books – Bibles – 2020 Ordo
You might remember that I have challenge coins and that I like to exchange. I received a new coin from someone who sent the 2018 version last year. They look great! Thanks. I received two copies of a newly printed … Read More
Posted in REVIEWS, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Challenge Coins, Daniel Mitsui, Douay-Rheims
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4 Comments
UPDATE – BOOK LENGTH INTERVIEW with Bp. Athanasius Schneider
UPDATE 5 Oct 19: I am well into this book. The first section is biographical. This is an important foundation for understanding how this auxiliary bishop from the former Soviet Union, raised his head up over the crowd during a … Read More
“He would have fled forever, into the hell of exile from God. But the sight of the vestments overcame him.”
I continue my re-reading, after many years, of Taylor Caldwell’s Grandmother and the Priests, savoring a chapter a day, or at least a chapter at a time with unwelcome days delays. Caldwell, not a practicing Catholic, grasped the Catholic worldview and … Read More
BOOK: Grandmother and the Priests
With delight I am making my way through a book I discovered many years ago, as we count the years, even before I entered Holy Church. I recall my own grandmother reading all the books of this writer. Taylor Caldwell … Read More
BOOK : A guide for forming Catholic gentlemen and future priests – and a mini rant.
A prelude. I treasure a copy of a French book of etiquette from long lost decades, Le Livre D’Or Du Savoir-Vivre. Dictionnaire Illustre De La Politesse. It’s an informative hoot, since much of what it contains is seemingly outdated and, … Read More
BOOK: In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church
What a great title! The nice folks at Angelico Press sent a copy of In Praise of the Tridentine Mass and of Latin, Language of the Church by Fr. Roberto Spataro, Secretary of the Pontifical Academy for Latin. US HERE … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, REVIEWS
Tagged Fr. Roberto Spataro, Latin, TLM, Vetus Ordo
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18 Comments
BOOK: The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
Oh, boy. Several people recommended that I read this book. I’m reading it and it is bothering me a great deal even as it informs and confirms. The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity US HERE – UK … Read More
Posted in Our Solitary Boast, REVIEWS, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged anti-Mary, feminism, feminists
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11 Comments
BOOKS RECEIVED: Antonio Socci on why Benedict is still Pope and Sam Gregg on the Struggle for Western Civilization
Books are coming in like hail. Many on a similar theme. Here’s what I’ve been up to today, resulting in the melting of my brain. Today I read through The Secret of Benedict XVI: Is He Still the Pope? by … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis, REVIEWS
Tagged abdication, Antonio Socci, Benedict XVI, faith and reason, Regensburg Address, Samuel Gregg, Western Civilization
27 Comments
27 Comments
BOOKS RECEIVED JUST IN TIME! Useful liturgical books for the entire year and for Holy Week
A couple days ago I received package from the nice folks at Preserving Christian Publications. “What”, quoth I, “could be in here?” Whereupon, I set it on the counter, got distracted and didn’t open it for a couple of days. … Read More
JonPatrick on ROME 26/10– Day 15: munch: ““A church where everyone has a voice” – unless you believe what the Church has always believed and wish to…”
