As a priest who celebrates the Latin Rite Mass in both forms (the Extraordinary Form which is typically called the "Latin Mass" an...

I am a big fan of music. A group I really like that is probably at the edge of metal/noise/punk that I like in my music is the band "C...

Here is a story that will get you crying for the right reasons. My alma mater's (Roncalli's) JV softball team is a featured story o...

One correction - as I looked back on it, if I gave the impression that tambourines, liturgical dance, and priests who don't prepare homi...

Today has been designated by Pope Benedict as a world day of prayer for China. Not only is China one of the last strongholds of Communism (...

TIME Magazine has a story on Germany's birth rate dipping to a historic low. The article is titled: "Baby Gap: Germany's Birth...

The Criterion yesterday ran the story of Sister Margaret Mary McBride, a Catholic Sister who signed off on the performing of an abortion at ...

Part 2 of this story involves the shocking break by some religious sisters from the teaching and leadership of the Bishops of the United Sta...

Religious sisters seem to be in the news a lot recently. 1) On January 30th, 2009, an Apostolic Visitation of every group of religious sist...

Pope Benedict, while visiting Portugal recently, repeated one of my favorite mantras of the Church - "The Church never imposes, She onl...

This weekend I am filling in for Fr. Magiera at Holy Rosary's 9:30 Latin Mass. It is a sung Mass, plus it has the added bonus of being ...

Today's Gospel features Jesus last wish from the Garden of Gethsemane - "Father I pray for them also...that they may be one as you,...

This is a segment of our video announcements from Ritter that I helped put together. I help teach the TV/Broadcasting class at school, and ...

Mary Eberstadt has written a very insightful article in the latest edition of the magazine First Things . The article, titled "The Wei...

What the Church has to say to all those who believe that the Mass is about being entertained, and thus deprived of value if it fails to do s...

The Archdiocese has helped sponsor a very interesting contest throughout the month of May. The contest is for all the employees and their f...

For all who are wondering what went down at the 10 am Mass with our "guest speaker" I thought I'd post something briefly. I w...

I was asked by Bethany Mcewan, an English teacher at Ritter, to talk to her classes about Satan. I had given a homily about how Satan tries...

Pope Benedict initially laid this challenge at the feet of priests on January 24th of this year. However, just today the Holy Father AGAIN ...

We just finished our last intense section with a good test that the students did really well on. Over the past couple of weeks we've be...