Issue: November 2003
Pastoral Letter: On the Problems of the Modern Apostolate
Questions 66-69 of Bishop de Castro Mayer's Catechism of Opportune Truths on the topic of relations between Church and State. The focus is on the role of Catholic laity in politics.
Saint Pius X: The Sodalitium Pianum
A fascinating look at a little-known undercover group serving St. Pius X in the fight against Modernism.
The Art of Beuron
In the 19th century, three men were behind an artistic movement that became linked with a Benedictine monastery and the development of a distinctive form of religious art styled "Beuronese"... Fifteen life-sized murals painted in the Beuron style adorn the walls of the Society's Pittsburgh-area chapel.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Is there anything wrong with a young person deciding to stay single for the rest of his or her life? Fr. Peter Scott probes the question.
Fr. Gerard Manley Hopkins: Priest and Poet
An admirer and long-time reader of the poetry of the great English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., the author communicates something of his enthusiasm in this interesting and thorough introduction to the life and work of the convert, priest, and poet.
Fr. Hopkins' Journal
Some entries for Winter, 1869, from the journal kept by Fr. Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Camp Talk
The Friars' summer reading about Fatima led to their reading about the Spanish Civil War, in which they found some hearty food for thought about the virtue of obedience in considering the conduct of the doctrinaire anarchists of Catalonia.