Damsels in Distress
I started on this post more than a year ago and have come back to it from time to time. While I am up at Mount St. Francis, hiding in my cave and working on my paper for our Coredemption conference in...
View ArticleSeven in the Heart, One in the Hand
One commenter pointed out that in my exposition of the Blessed Mother’s courage (“Damsels in Distress“), that my distinction between the masculine courage of action and the feminine courage of...
View ArticleTwain’s Joan III
There’s an illustration, gentlemen – a real illustration,” he said. “I studied that girl, Joan of Arc, for twelve years, and it never seemed to me that the artists and the writers gave us a true...
View ArticleKings and Queens in Disguise
I am sent this historical rendering of feminine nobility by Master Xavier, who has something to say on the subject here (something more serious, that is). As anyone who reads this blog knows, I am...
View ArticleEncampment Gallery, Summer 2009
Posted in Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Action, Catholicism, Chivalry, Encampment, Fatherhood, Girl stuff, Heroes, Husbands, Knights, Knights of Lepanto, Manliness, Men, Pages, Religion, Retreat, Sons,...
View ArticleThe Art of Feminine Chivalry
A woman should be able to drive a stick shift, fire a Springfield Arms XD accurately, do the family tax return, throw a football 20 yards, and barbecue steaks. However, when men are around, she should...
View ArticleShame on You. Amen.
I think the title of this post should be a prayer of blessing. Well, I am being facetious . . . sort of. Or perhaps I have caught a bit of the Christopher West shock-jock bug. In any case, three...
View ArticleThe Way of Ugliness
It has come to my attention that Christopher West’s multi-media event, “Fill These Hearts,” has been designed to up the ante in our dispute over the Theology of the Body. He talks at great length in...
View ArticleChivalry in Action?
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View ArticleMessage from the Apostolic Commissioner of the FI
ON THE OCCASION OF PERPETUAL PROFESSIONS Tarquinia, August 31, 2013. Dear young people, In the Bible one reads two episodes happily matching up with what you will celebrate in the church of your...
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