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This article is from One Peter Five The Fellowship of St. Nicholas The Fellowship of St. Nicholas is a lay sodality championed by Matthew Plese (A Catholic Life) in partnership with OnePeterFive and Sensus Fidelium. It is committed to putting into practice concrete means to save one’s soul and assist the souls of our brethren. [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Editor’s note: reminder to fulfill the First Saturday devotion according to the desires of Our Lady of Fatima. If you have already fulfilled it, offer up more First Saturdays for those who have not.   Mary Co-Redemptrix? Pius XI († 1939), the first Pope to attribute this title [...]

This article is from One Peter Five We move now into the entrance hall of liturgical year’s the second great cycle, stretching to Easter and beyond.  This Sunday inaugurates Pre-Lent, with the “gesima” Sundays.  The first cycle, Advent/Christmas brought our Savior into the world.  Lent/Easter brings our Savior to His Cross and emptied Tomb.  In [...]

Great and Venerable Leaders When we hear the word ‘patriarch’ we often think of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Some groupings might even include Adam, Melchizedek, and Noah. These are, of course, all ancient and honored Old Testament figures. In fact, to use a more contemporary term, they are the ‘founding fathers’ of the Faith. [...]

This article is from One Peter Five I wholeheartedly support and bless this necessary and very important lay initiative for eucharistic revival in the Church of our day. -Bishop Athanasius Schneider The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation is a lay sodality run by OnePeterFive in partnership with Benedictus and Mass of the Ages. This crusade was [...]

This article is from One Peter Five And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord: As it is written in the law of the Lord: ‘Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord’ [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Antipope Benedict XIII (1328-1423), whom St. Vincent Ferrer defended. We have recently been able to witness an unusual, certainly curious event. That is, the convening of a “conclave” by a group that puts forward the following theory: Benedict XVI never voluntarily renounced the Papacy, but “stepped aside” [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Last week’s article discussed the importance of dedicated practice, the benefits of “metering” the chant in rehearsal, the music peak, the ending of chant periods, proper pacing, expressive notes, and breathing. Today I begin with the relationship in chant between text and music. The Marriage of Text and [...]

The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St Bernadette in Lourdes in the 1800s, calling the world to do penance and return to God. The Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes is prayed each year from the 2nd of February to the 10th of February in preparation for the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes celebrated [...]

This article is from One Peter Five I was a senior in high school: fully engrossed in extracurricular activities at my public school and ready to start on my college journey. I was also strong in my faith, but not particularly interested in attending the youth group at our current church or doing anything besides [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Three hundred and fifty years ago today, on January 31, 1673, the mystic poet of Our Lady, the great Breton missionary of Louis XIV’s century was born in Montfort-sur-Meu, north-western France: Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort. St. Louis crushing Satan at St. Peter’s Basilica He studied theology at [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: graveyard at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Strabane, Northern Ireland. Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash  Read part I here   The Boy King and His Successor The accession of Edward VI brought the full force of Protestantism to Ireland and the backing of [...]