It’s St. Joseph’s Day, which is a bigger deal for me than most folks, because: I’m named after relatives who were named after him, so that makes today my name day (in some countries, like Poland, name days are a bigger deal than your birthday). I was very sick, and almost died, as a baby… Continue reading Happy St. Joseph’s Day!
Author: Joe Heschmeyer
Abp. Chaput Responds
A couple days ago, I sent this e-mail to Abp. Chaput, which I posted yesterday. That afternoon, he responded with a pretty fantastic e-mail of his own. Hopefully, he won’t mind my posting it: Dear Joseph, Thanks for your kind email. Regarding the second point in your email, I’m not sure what I said off… Continue reading Abp. Chaput Responds
Georgetown’s Latest Slap in the Face of God
The Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae is a comprehensive explaination by Pope John Paul II of what a Catholic University is, and ought to be. Paragraph 13 is something of a thesis. It reads: Since the objective of a Catholic University is to assure in aninstitutional manner a Christian presence in the university world confrontingthe… Continue reading Georgetown’s Latest Slap in the Face of God
The Sex Abuse Scandal
American Catholics had what George Weigel famously called the “Long Lent” of 2002, when we were shocked by one after another revelation that perverted sexual predators were infesting the priesthood, and that a jarring number our bishops were too cowardly or incompetent to stop them. Now Europe is going through similar crises, and it looks… Continue reading The Sex Abuse Scandal
The Story of Iconography
John Armstrong has a good post on icons. I liked this part a lot: Frederica Mathewes-Green , in her helpful new book The Open Door: Entering the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer (Paraclete Press) urges readers to look at the Pantocrator icon from St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Egypt. This is the oldest known icon… Continue reading The Story of Iconography
My Letter to Abp. Chaput
I sent a letter to Archbishop Chaput’s office on Monday, and on Tuesday, his Associate Director of Communications, Tracy Murphy, thanked me and informed me that she had passed it along to him. She also attached a link to his most recent article on the proposed healthcare bill, which he rightly calls “a bad bill… Continue reading My Letter to Abp. Chaput
Bishop Lynch on Healthcare
It was only a matter of time, I suppose. The US Bishops looked like they were actually holding together against the pro-abortion Senate version of the healthcare bill. And then comes Bishop Lynch, the same bishop who betrayed Terri Schiavo, even skipping town to Indonesia over Holy Week and Easter (in violation of Canon 395… Continue reading Bishop Lynch on Healthcare
The Real St. Patrick
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s a snippet from an email I got from Catholic Culture yesterday: Perhaps we can do better on Wednesday than mustering another secular drinking bout in honor of Saint Patrick. The restoration of Catholic culture demands that we celebrate feast days with keen attention to the virtues of the saint in… Continue reading The Real St. Patrick
St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland
Before we departed on the Ireland trip, I looked up “Top Ten Irish Churches,” which is like trying to choose the top ten Trekkies at a Star Trek convention– there’s a ton of them, and each one is way ahead of the curve compared to everybody else. Even the tiny towns we passed tended to… Continue reading St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland
One Hundred US Anglican Parishes to Enter the Catholic Church
Wow. I missed a major development right before my trip – Telegraph: 100 US Anglican parishes to enter the Catholic Church (h/t Principium Unitatis). From the Telegraph article: The Anglican Church in America (ACA) will now enter the Catholic Church as a block, bringing in thousands of converts along with their own bishops, buildings and… Continue reading One Hundred US Anglican Parishes to Enter the Catholic Church