Although the Epiphany Octave has been abolished for over fifty years in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, it seems as if the Ordinary Form can hardly do without it; the Divine Office and other liturgical texts constantly point…
New Year, New Kanye People love conversion stories. This is a fact that transcends religion and culture. This is especially true when this involves some degree of vindication of the other side’s claims. Whether the claims are of ultimate metaphysical…
One piece of news that may have escaped readers during the Christmas Holidays was one from December 27, at which time the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, announced that their Bishop, Daniel Conlon, was leaving the Diocese and taking a medical…
After the Octave of Christmas and its attendant celebrations, it is sometimes easy to forget the subtle but powerful sense of expectation which is conveyed in the last days of Advent. The “days after Christmas” before the Epiphany seem rather…