Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Aftermath: the Marxist-Masonic Conspiracy of Silence

Mary Against the Marxists, part IV Read part I: The Communist Bayonet. Read part II: Poland Against All Odds. Read part III: The Miracle of the Vistula   After the victory, Piłsudski became a national legend and received glory for his work. The state began honoring soldiers in the battle with medals. Piłsudski himself twice […]

A Young Irishman Smiles at Traditionis Custodes

I popped into my parish church today. I haven’t been there in quite some time; nearly a decade in fact. The church has a specific meaning to me; it’s where my family are buried, it’s where I was baptized and received the sacraments. Above the door stands a stone commemorating my great, great, great grandfather […]

Mary Against the Marxists: the Miracle on the Vistula

Mary Against the Marxists, part III Read part I: The Communist Bayonet. Read part II: Poland Against All Odds. The First Divine Intervention Saturday, August 14th, 1920: At 3:30am the Bolsheviks initiated a violent attack at the army of students who quickly retreated backwards to the village of Ossów to use the homes as cover. […]

Poland Against All Odds

Mary against the Marxists, part II. Read part I: The Communist Bayonet. The Plan of Piłsudski On the night of the 5th of August, 1920, Piłsudski (pictured above) analyzed the Russian formations and realized that their intent was to repeat the strategy of taking Warsaw as they did in the November Uprising of 1831. This […]

The Failure of the Ultramontanist Hermeneutic of Continuity

Translator’s Preface: The following book review, which appeared in German at kathnews.de on January 4, 2022, is illuminating for many reasons. In describing the oddity of a new (but not updated) German translation of a book written by Bishop Rifan of Campos around the year 2006, the author, Clemens Victor Oldendorf, paints a portrait of […]

Why I Went to Webster

I was disabused of the idea that time-hallowed, sacrifice-based Tradition is adverse to the authentically human experience a long time ago. Early on 24 December 2012, I found myself in a remote area. Spotty cell service. No internet. Then, out of nowhere, one text came through: “Firefighters shot. Monroe County, NY.” I spent the next […]

The Communist Bayonet

Mary Against the Marxists, part I This series is about perhaps the most historically consequential Marian apparition that is very little known. It illustrates how the power of faith and prayers of a nation helps to combat Marxism. The following is a description of the event and a comprehensive yet concise overview of its historical […]

Bishop Schneider Calls on Pope Francis to Rescind Traditionis Custodes

ROME, January 10, 2022 – Bishop Athanasius Schneider is inviting Pope Francis to “rescind” the canonical provisions contained in Traditionis Custodes and in the Responsa ad dubia issued by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW) just before Christmas.  The auxiliary bishop of St. Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, is also […]

The Lord Liberates, the Liar Oppresses

In a recent conversation with a former practitioner of the occult, I was able, by God’s Providence, to make a connection and see a demonstration of the way in which Satan seeks to do the opposite of what Our Lord does, of how Satan seeks to invert all that is good, to twist and to […]

Chapter I

A time will come when the decisive battle between the kingdom of Christ and Satan will be over marriage and the family. –Sister Lucia, Seer of Fatima When Mary has struck her roots in a soul, she produces there marvels of grace, which she alone can produce. –True Devotion to Mary, Saint Louis de Montfort […]