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The Bells of Brookland
In 1921, a student by the name of Anna M. du Brul penned a poem about life in Brookland, and how it is run by the bells. I came across this poem while writing my Senior Thesis, and recently ran across...
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A Sermon on HHS
So, as I was walking out of class today, I was talking to my professor, asking her how many posts we are supposed to have class related, and when I received the answer, I commented that when I sit down...
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Hail Glorious Saint Patrick
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent The Commemoration of Saint Patrick Bishop, Confessor, Apostle of Ireland From the Confession of Saint Patrick, Bishop I give unceasing thanks to my God, who...
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The Solemnity of the Annunciation
So it’s almost the end of the Great Season of Lent. We have now entered Passiontide, which includes both this week, and next week, signaling then end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. However,...
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Lateran IV, Part 1
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away… Wait, what I really mean is: Eight hundred, no, wait, Seven Hundred and ninety seven years ago, in a land across the ocean Yes, that’s much better… Seven...
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Christ: The Unmarried Jew
In this time leading up to Easter, many of the “historical” shows start having specials on the life of Christ. One problem with this- Christ was never married, no matter how much Dan Brown wishes he...
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An Easter Family
So I was trying to think of something to write related to the class, and the more I thought of it, I thought that it would be good to write about Easter. In my last post, I wrote about how the face...
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“What kind of Catholics do they think we are?”
It was with these words that, at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, of the Knights of Columbus, got a rousing round of appluase in the middle of his speech. Carl...
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First they came…
While reading my fellow classmate Chris’s blog post, Applied History Lessons or Self-Serving Propaganda, I was reminded of the old poem, First they came… This relates in a big way to this current...
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Tu Es Petrus
N.B., this was a scheduled post, and I was surprised to see that His Holiness took his reflections this morning from the same gospel passage In response to Jesus’ question, we hear that great...
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