"Nobody else can offer Mass, nobody else can absolve sins"
I think there ought to be many more videos made just like this. It is something that I would love to do. For starters, I would like to learn film-editing so that I can made very short films like this....
View ArticleThe dangerously contradictory elements of Laudato Si'
Over at the Herald, I wrote a piece on saints who could be models for the green movement, even if they didn't intend to be. I share with Pope Francis a devotion to the Little Flower and St Francis who...
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The heroism of St Peter and St Paul still has power to win souls
Over at the Herald, I have a post that was done for the feast of Ss Peter and Paul, celebrated yesterday June 29th. Were they alive today, I think Paul would have fallen victim of a PR guru who would...
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Dog of the Week
Here I am near Paddington with this charming Chihuahua. You can see a lot of Chihuahuas and 'toy breeds' in the vicinity of Paddington Train Station because they are dogs beloved by commuters who can...
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John Carmichael's Drunks & Monks, a look behind the scenes
I got to know John Carmichael in April 2014. He got in touch with me via the comments section here and here after he saw me presenting the pilot episode of the show Extraordinary Faith on EWTN which...
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Today, Drunks & Monks garnered its 44th review
Drunks and Monks was published on the auspicious day of Tuesday, July 7th, and today September 30th, feast of St Jerome, it garnered a total of 44 reviews. Here are a few tasters. Scott WoltzeScott...
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'The author gives credit to grace...'
A reader has given Drunks and Monks a five star rating, and has written that, ‘the vulnerability and honesty of this conversion story give us a profound example of every human's experience to some...
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Guest post from John Carmichael on how YOU can discover the secret of the Rosary
The Secret of the RosaryWhen my dear friend and editor, Mary O’Regan, asked me to contribute a guest post on the subject of the Rosary, the first thing that came to mind was the old line that, “writing...
View ArticleSuch truth in parody: let's re-name Amnesty, Shamnesty
Liam Neeson lent his voice to the Amnesty International video calling for the repeal of the Eight Amendment of the Irish Constitution. A most patronising piece, it puts forth that Irish women are in...
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Surviving ISIS: "At night they would torture me, during the day I was giving...
At my parish of the London Oratory, Fr Douglas Bazi gave a talk in St Wilfrid's hall, the long drawing room with dazzlingly high ceilings. Aid to the Church in Need have brought Fr Bazi from Iraq. He...
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A 12 year old murder victim teaches us how to forgive. A note on how to avoid...
Presently America has the honour of having the relics of St Maria Goretti tour from church to church, the virgin-martyr born 125 years ago this month.125 years ago this month, Maria Goretti was born in...
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A prophecy for our times
Me, aged 13'You’re a lesbian,’ hissed my classmate before she scrunched up her nose at me. We were 13 to 14 years of age, and she had been grilling me on how far I had gone. It was not the first time...
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A feast fit for a Prince of the Church, our dinner with Cardinal Burke
The Latin Mass Society very kindly invited me to the dinner at the Royal Overseas Club on the 13th of November to celebrate the occasion of Cardinal Raymond Burke's visit to London. His Eminence has a...
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Prayers needed for Mother Angelica, a heroine who has always defended the Faith
I was very upset by the news that Mother Angelica has been put on a feeding tube, it's sort of the same feeling we had in the days leading up to Pope Benedict's abdication. The photo below was taken...
View ArticleHappy Feast of the Epiphany!
There can be a dangerous trap for our faith when we celebrate the Three Kings visiting Baby Jesus. It happens when we think, 'oh Jesus must have been special, the Three Kings paid him homage!' The...
View ArticleHow to survive January, the secular season of penance
January can be a penitential season like a compulsory Lent. We may have to give up going out for a pint (it may be too expensive when there is a looming tax bill and/or debts from over-spending at...
View ArticleSuperb guest post from John Carmichael: The Grace of Forgetfulness and the...
The Reverend Father Chad Ripperger, P.hD., is a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, and a Doctor of Philosophy. In 2007 he published an 800-page tome audaciously entitled:...
View ArticleI find that the British are more open to relying on Catholic piety in the age...
I fell in love in Victoria Station when I was a child visiting London. I watched the carnival of life, people from every corner of the earth and Londoners from all social classes and backgrounds rush...
View ArticleGood confessors are like thorough doctors. They press until it hurts and they...
I made my first Confession when I was eight. My most glaring sins were that I’d pinched perfumed notepaper from another girl, I’d wished ill on one of my teachers for belittling my schoolwork as...
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Pregnant mums with life-threatening pregnancies and Blessed John Henry
If she gives birth to her baby she may well die: that’s what I understand when I hear of a pregnant mother diagnosed by doctors as having a ‘life-threatening pregnancy’. If such a mum is like St Gianna...
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