The American continents are mysteriously united under Our Lady’s care, with the entire continents having been placed under the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the United States under the Immaculate Conception. John Grondelski recently reflected on the fittingness Read more…
Since everyone is talking about the Person of the Year, why not a blog dedicated to Catholic culture? That’s something I wouldn’t have expected until a friend sent me an article linking Swift’s songs to the medieval Cathar/Albigensian heresy: “The Read more…
Through the Institute of Catholic Culture, I will be leading a free book study of the Jesus of Nazareth Trilogy: https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/events/jesus-of-nazareth We’re starting with volume one but then are taking a detour for Advent to the Infancy Narratives and will Read more…
Monks star in The Beer Option, but nuns are not absent. In fact, one of the main patronesses of beer, the great Doctor of the Church, St. Hildegard of Bingen, was a Benedictine abbess who touted the health benefits of Read more…
When evaluating the art of the twentieth century, more than Picasso or brutalist concrete structures, we should think about film. Its use of technology and its popularity makes it more representative of modern culture than any other medium. Great art Read more…
James and John make a bold request in Mark 10: “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory” (Mark 10:37). Jesus invites them to follow him into his Passion but essentially Read more…
I taught a course this summer on St. John Henry Newman’s Idea of a University for the Albertus Magnus Institute. In his description of the essence of a university and the way in which it must teach within modern culture, Read more…
I was recently interviewed by Maria Wiering of Our Sunday Visitor about the upcoming beatification (on Sep. 10th) of the Ulma Family, who was martyred by the Nazis for hiding Jews on their farm in Poland. Although only a few Read more…
As a follow up to my piece on true conservatism and its principles, I want to reflect on why conservatives continue to lose ground against our culture’s “religion of self” that idolizes freedom and enshrines it every more firmly in Read more…
As the author of The Beer Option, I have a confession to make. I felt the Lord calling me about two years ago to give up alcohol, making it a sacrifice for both my physical and spiritual health. I am Read more…