This article is from One Peter Five Above: Bishop Fernandes at ICSKP Columbus. Photo by Allison Girone. Now that I’ve been given the honorable title as one of the three “Venerable Trad Godmothers” by T. S. Flanders of onepeterfive.com in his recent article “The FBI is Coming after Trads”, due to my interview in the [...]
This article is from One Peter Five A Daughter’s Love On the morning of Whitsunday, the center aisle of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (Rockdale, Illinois) overflowed with many confirmandi ready to receive the “Sacrament of the Seal.” Amongst the rows and columns of those in their Sunday best were three young sisters, the daughters of [...]
This article is from One Peter Five A map of the world dominates the entire wall of a room in a little western Catholic college. Is it a history classroom? Or Geography? Or a study center for world cultures? No—it’s Wyoming Catholic College’s Latin classroom, and to students and professors alike it is not a [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Kilchurn Castle, Scotland. Photo by Connor Mollison on Unsplash Journey through the Three Kingdoms, pt. I: Ireland Journey through the Three Kingdoms, pt. II: England Journey through the Three Kingdoms, pt. III: Scotland As with Ireland and England, Scotland too has a huge hold on the imagination [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Two hundred years ago yesterday, on August 20, the Pope who found himself in the storm of the Napoleonic days died: Pius VII, whose original name was Barnaba Chiaramonti. Pius VII Benedictine monk, prior of the Abbey of St. Paul in Roma (1775), bishop of Tivoli (1782), cardinal [...]
This article is from One Peter Five In the flow of our green Vetus Ordo Sundays, this 12th Sunday after Pentecost brings the last selection from Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians. Next week we begin with Galatians. The order of our readings is very ancient, older in fact than the institution of the Divine Office. [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: St. John’s Eve in Oviedo, Spain. Read part 1 here The Vigil and the Nativity of St. John the Baptist June 23rd is the Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. This used to be a day of fasting and abstinence, and we may certainly [...]
This article is from One Peter Five When I ‘reverted’ to my baptismal Catholic Faith almost a decade ago I underwent a simultaneous political conversion. Before I came back to the Sacraments (well, really to the Sacraments for the first time as I was raised only nominally Catholic) I would have considered myself a Liberal [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: St. Engelbert in Cologne, 1928−1932 designed by Dominikus Böhm (1880 – 1955). Translator’s Introduction Jennifer S. Bryson In a letter in 1964, Fr. Romano Guardini offered his guidance for the participants of a conference on the liturgy in Mainz, Germany. He asked, Is the liturgical act, [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Lagos de Covadonga, Asturias, Spain. Photo by Kamila Maciejewska on Unsplash. Editor’s note: for our Hispanidad archive, click here. Friday 21st July For anyone that has seen or visited most of Spain, the province of Asturias is immediately, and somewhat starkly, in contrast to the landscape and climate that [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Watch archival footage of Pope Pius XII proclaiming the dogma of Mary’s Assumption into heaven: The views reflected in this article are those of the Author at One Peter Five, and not necessarily those of Immaculata South Africa To read similar articles please visit One Peter Five
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Mount Khustup, Armenia. 850 years ago yesterday, on August 13, 1173, after a serious illness, the Saint Bernard of Clairvaux of the East: Saint Nerses Shnorhali (the Gracious), known for his commitment to Christian unity, as well as for his theological, poetic, and musical writings. Nerses IV [...]