The Triduum at Saint Stanislaus
James
Ancient prayers and ritual. Captivating beauty and mystery. Soft candle light and fragrant incense. Holy Week at Saint Stanislaus. There's nothing like it. The...
James
Triduum in Local Art
James
Milwaukee parishes house beautiful works of art that call to mind the events of the Paschal Triduum. Here are some examples.
Saint Joseph Chapel
Saint...
Recovering Our Vocabulary
James
For centuries, the Catholic Church has relied on theological words and terms to teach the basics of the Faith. Sadly, in many quarters, from pulpits to classr...
The Pill’s Paradox
James
Mary Eberstadt's outstanding book, Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution, is a must-read for Catholics, indeed for anyone concerned ab...
Benefits of Confession
James
Lent is a good time to visit the Sacrament of Penance. Well, is there ever a bad time? No. But as I prepare for Good Friday and Easter, I try a bit harder to ma...
The Perils of ‘Relevance’
James
I just finished reading The Recovery of the Sacred by noted Church historian James Hitchcock. Published in 1974, Hitchcock's outstanding book argues for a recov...
Long Overdue
James
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bowing to increased pressure from Catholics and victims of clergy and sexual abuse, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee annou...
Recovering Reverence
James
Worship, forms of worship, such as bowing the knee, taking off the shoes, keeping silence, a prescribed dress, and the like, are considered as necessary for a...
Church Chatter
James
"Thus let the voice gradually cease to perform its function as the soul progresses towards Christ." ~Saint Augustine
With his latest book, The Power of Silence...
The Good Fight
James
Besides religion and morality, if there's a cultural "Gibraltar" in our gender-fluid era that's standing in the way of progressivism's march to victory, it's tr...
