Mons. Guido Marini's Office in the Vatican

Best views in town from his office windows. 

EWTN Live 2-29-12 - Jan Halisky - Family of St. Jerome - A Latin Society

Rome Chasuble

Rome Cincture

Rome Chalice

Rome Dalmatic

Rome Amice

Archbishop Sheen Lying in State

AD 1979.

America's Greatest Pastor: Rev. Dr. George Welzbacher

He is one of the very last of the last.

Ordained priest in 1951.

An intellectual.  A scholar.  A saintly priest.  He was my pastor. 

His parish, St. John's on the East Side, is an old Irish parish founded in 1886.

He always has a spirit of priestly hospitality.  I will always remember the time I joined him at the Lex for brunch after I was recovering from surgery or the time he brought me and another friend to the theater in downtown Minneapolis.  His special care was for college students.  His love was for history.  He always reminded me of what was best in the Caesars of old.  And the time he invited me over to the rectory for root beer floats will always be a cherished memory.  His messy desk was a testimony to his genius.  A scholar priest like I have never seen, it should have been him and not Terry Murphy that got the presidency of St. Thomas College.  In fact, they should name a building after him at UST.

See his brilliant writings here: http://www.stjstp.org/Pastors_Page.html.

From a parishioner:

Father Welzbacher will be retiring from full-time ministry at the end of June.  He has expressed the wish that this occasion will be marked with much prayer.  We are confident that you will want to help make Father’s wish come true.  

The people of the  Church  of  St. John , Father Welzbacher’s current pastorate, invite you to participate in the preparation of a massive spiritual bouquet.   You can do so by sending your contribution of prayers for Father Welzbacher to Duane Kaczmarek (trustee of St. John’s), 13094 Danube Lane, Rosemount, MN 55068.  It is vital that we receive your prayer contribution NO LATER THAN JUNE 9 so that the spiritual bouquet can be presented at the June 15 event marking Father’s retirement.

Thank you for helping to honor the long, faithful service of a brilliant and holy priest.

Bishop Sheen in Rome

Basilica of Sts. John and Paul. 

This is the one church in Rome where I have always felt the most peaceful.  Here and in the old chapel of the little house on Humility Street.

To Be a Nun

Organ Music in Church - Dominica Pentecostes in Canada

Pius XII of Holy, Happy, and Blessed Memory

Goldene Hochzeit Prinz Leopold von Bayern, 1923. Ganz links außen, hinten, Kronprinz Rupprecht. Der Bischof ist Nuntius Eugenio Pacelli (Pius XII.) und rechts neben ihm Prinz Georg von Bayern als Priester.

Thanks, Francisco!

Thank You to Our Saintly Priests!

"Do you know why he has so much peace of soul?  Because he has placed all his trust in the Most Holy Virgin and because he interests himself as little as possible in the problems of the world that you consider so important."

-Padre Pio

The Sublime Beauty of Classic Autos

A.D. 1936 Ford Motor Company.

When in Rome: Dine on the Sea!

For a fine dinning experience, just north of Rome, along the seashore. 

Many times yours truly has enjoyed a nice afternoon here.

Premier Pro-Life Dinner in Canada

http://www.thesignalhill.com/

This is how it's done.

To Die

Catholic Culture: Beguines

Ladies, is this your vocation?

The last one, from the Belgian Congo, just passed away in Belgium.  

"Beguines pursued a vocation different from that offered by either marriage or the convent: the ability to earn one’s own living while caring for the disadvantaged 'in the world' rather than sequestered from it."

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10062339/Marcella-Pattyn.html

Magnetism of the Extraordinary Form

The classical templates always affirm what is sempiternal in the midst of change.

And the griccia alb is always a nice touch. 

Photo caption in Latin: Missa quotidiana a venerabili Pio Papa Duodecimo in sacello privato lecta.

Thanks, Rodolfo!

Teaching Our Men to Be Christian Fathers

Men, check out this site and discover your cherished fatherhood.

Motherhood is instinctual.  Fatherhood has to be taught and learned.

Bad dads are a dime and dozen and contribute to the uglification of society.

How would the world be better if so many dads did not suffer from alcoholism, gambling and wandering eyes?
  
Men, be be the column, colonnade and steps of the family!

 http://www.dads.org/

Wisdom of the Pagan Greeks

Future Pope: Lolek!

Honoring Our War Dead

Victoria, British Columbia. 

Reqviem!

A Little Humor Now and Then

Pray for Popes

Global Efforts for the Canonization of Venerable Pius XII

From Barcelona, Spain.  

Thanks, Rodolfo!

In Memoriam: Giulio Andreotti (RIP 1919-2013)

Yours truly was privileged to have met him a few times.  A very nice man.  A daily communicant at San Giovanni dei Fiorentini.  And very devoted to all things Catholic, including the cause for canonization of his friend, Venerable Pius XII.  His magazine, 30 Giorni, was a favorite.  I will always remember the time I saw him at the Solemn Pontifical High Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St. Ivo, in downtown Rome.  Despite his venerable age, he knelt for Holy Communion.

March for Life British Columbia

March for Life British Columbia

March for Life British Columbia

Catholic Cathedral in Victoria, British Columbia

Gratias Tibi, Sancte Pater...

Nice tribute, in Latin...

Campanae hac in pagina hodie sonant pro Papa nostro dilectissimo qui hora octava post meridiem pontificatu se abdicabit. Gratias ex toto corde tibi ago, Sancte Pater, qui octo annos nobis optimus pastor, ecclesiae sapientissimus rector, mihi ipsi scriptis tuis vere spiritalis pater fuisti. Spero fore ut aliquot annis tranquillis fruaris ad orandum pro Petri nave quam usque ad hodiernum diem prudenter gubernasti. Ego quoque cotidie pro te orabo.

Source:  http://de-tribulis.blogspot.com/.

Third Annual March for Life in Rome: Declared a Huge Success

See here for video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0CUCwS2_ZWc.

Many thanks to Roberto de Mattei and Virginia Coda Nunziante for their vision, grace, and leadership. 

Support the Abolitionists of Today: Young Pro-Life Activists Marching for Life

Support this fine man from Ottawa.

I have met him and know him personally.

This is a worthy cause and I can vouch for him.

See here and pray for these blessed souls who will walk across a nation in protest of legal human abortion: 

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ian-s-walk-across-canada-from-vancouver-to-ottawa

Fresh New Rebranding of the Pro-Life Image - An Important Marketing Strategy

The pro-life movement has slowly been in need of new rebranding.  

Very nice to see fresh, new life campaign initiatives such as this.

See here and share this great site: http://abortionincanada.ca/.

Hats off to LifeCanada for their vision and guidance as pioneers in the abolitionist movement. 

Thank them with a donation: http://www.lifecanada.org/.

Annual Media Blackout - March for Life in Victoria 2013

To the mega press, this event never happened.

Don't tell anyone.

You are forbidden to speak of this topic.

The largest annual gathering at the BC Parliament.