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A Forgotten Hero In The Cause Of Truth

January 10, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off

BY JAMES MONTI As we continue to reflect upon the legacy of the recently departed Alphonse Matt as a heroic defender of the truth in an age of rampant attacks upon our faith, it seems appropriate to share with you the story of another Catholic layman and family man who fought the good fight four centuries ago, but whose name is little known today — Georg Eder (1523-1587). I myself had never so much as heard of Eder until I discovered a book by him in the rare books collection of the seminary library where I work. What I was to learn of this forgotten hero of our faith is that like Alphonse Matt he fought his battles for the…Continue Reading

The Baptism in the Jordan: The Theophany. Why Was Jesus Baptized?

January 9, 2020 Frontpage, Uncategorized Comments Off

By Deacon Keith Fournier In the Catholic Church we end the Christmas season this Sunday with the Feast of the Lord’s Baptism in the Jordan. Some of the most beautiful readings in the Office of Readings are found in the Liturgy of the Hours, the official prayer of the whole church, on the days between the Feast of the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord. The Liturgy of the Hours is also called the Breviary. It is the sort of baseline prayer of all Clergy, Bishops, Priests and deacons, as well as those in the consecrated life. However, since the last great Church Council, Vatican II this official Prayer of the Church is recommended for all Christians –…Continue Reading

Stuck In A Basement In San Francisco

January 9, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off

By TERENCE P. JEFFREY “Why isn’t it moving?” “We’re stuck.” “Are you sure?” “Yes.” “Oh, my G—!” That was not a prayer — however much one was needed. The scene, as I recall, unfolded on a Friday night in the late 1980s. We had started the evening with pesto and shrimp at a great Sicilian restaurant in San Francisco’s North Beach. Our group included my wife and me, one of my brothers, one of my sisters and several friends. Over dinner, my sister told us how much she enjoyed her job, teaching sixth grade at the nearby Sts. Peter and Paul School. Many Americans who have never been to San Francisco have nonetheless seen this parish church — in a…Continue Reading

The Wanderer Interviews Cardinal Burke (Part 2) . . . He Is With Us: Trusting In The Lord In Turbulent Times

January 8, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off

By DON FIER (Editor’s Note: His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura, recently visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wis. On December 9, His Eminence graciously granted The Wanderer a wide-ranging interview and offered many illuminating insights on matters that concern the Church in the present time. Below is part two of this two-part of interview; part one appeared in the issue of December 26, 2019.) PART TWO Q. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, is the editor of a soon-to-be-published volume entitled Catechism of the Catholic Church with Theological Commentary (its publication has…Continue Reading

I Need A Drink…While You Fix My Car

January 7, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off

BY JOE SIXPACK An odd way of thinking has crept into the minds of Catholics over the last 45 or 50 years…one that is decidedly not Catholic. Actually, there are several philosophies most certainly not Catholic that have gained ground in our thinking in recent decades, but there is one we should all find disturbing because it has eternal implications. The thinking I’m talking about here is what happens immediately after our death; that is, the four last things: death, judgment, Heaven, and Hell. Traditionally we refer to only these as the four last things, but they actually imply much more — as is the case with a summary of most of the Church’s teaching. Just so you know where…Continue Reading

Hope For Parochial Schools

January 6, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off

By DEACON MIKE MANNO, JD The U.S. Supreme Court gave religious schools an early Christmas present on December 18 when it agreed to hear the appeals of two cases coming from California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Each involves the question of the classification of teachers in religious schools: Are they mere teachers or do they qualify as “ministers” under the Supreme Court’s Hosanna-Tabor ruling? Hosanna-Tabor, in case you forgot, was a 2012 case in which the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that religious groups are free to choose their own leaders. Hosanna-Tabor was an Evangelical Lutheran church in Michigan that had employed Cheryl Perich, a “commissioned minister,” to teach fourth-grade religion in its school. Perich was fired for…Continue Reading

Virginia Takes Center Stage As Democrats Take Control

January 4, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Washington, D.C., usually gets the most attention from the political class, but 2020 might see the Commonwealth of Virginia taking center stage. Vladimir Lenin called his magazine “Iskra” — the “Spark.” And, while scholars can easily trace the causes of past revolutions, they find it much more difficult to predict when the “spark” will light the fuse of the next one. A year ago, few would have expected Virginia to merit the nation’s attention. Its scandals were local in color. Pictures of Governor Ralph Northam in blackface, alongside a man arrayed in full Ku Klux Klan regalia, appeared in February. Soon thereafter, blackface pictures of Democrat Attorney General Mark Herring also surfaced. If that weren’t bad enough,…Continue Reading

Is Philosophy Dead?

January 3, 2020 Frontpage Comments Off

Culture changes. We bid goodbye to somethings and welcome others. We do not miss the hula hoop or Nehru jackets, but we cannot do without email and compact discs. Most unfortunately, however, in the kaleidoscope of change, somethings that are indispensable are squeezed out. I am speaking here of the untimely dismissal of philosophy as the love of wisdom. Is philosophy really dead? The late Professor Lewis Samuel Feuer, a sociologist and professor emeritus of the University of Virginia, put it bluntly, “American philosophy is dead.” His stark pronouncement was reported in The New York Times, though not in the obituary column. The situation is “peculiar and even strange,” observed the distinguished philosopher Josef Pieper in The Future of Thomism…Continue Reading

All I Want For Christmas…

December 30, 2019 Frontpage Comments Off

By DEACON MIKE MANNO, JD I think some of my fondest memories of my childhood center around Christmas. My dad always decorated the outside of the house, mom did the inside, and we always had a fresh green tree purchased from our parish’s Christmas tree lot. We’d have two weeks of school vacation and even the nuns — God love them — were in an extra good mood; in other words, no homework. We’d always go to the midnight Mass, come home and open family presents and then head to bed — not that we could sleep — and wait for Santa to bring the rest of our haul; and our haul was always pretty good. Kids were with their…Continue Reading

Why Worship God?

December 29, 2019 Frontpage Comments Off

BY JOE SIXPACK Personally, I think there are two things all Christians should be able to prove — especially Protestants. Our separated brethren claim strict adherence to the Bible as the end-all-be-all of divine Revelation, believing it to be the “inspired” word of God, yet none of them know how to prove the Bible is inspired. Well, I think they should have to prove that. Catholics too, for that matter. That is something we will cover in a future article. There is yet another thing all Christians should be able to prove . . . especially us. Perhaps one of the most puzzling things for me about most modern Christians is, they worship Someone they can’t prove. Obviously they all…Continue Reading

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