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The Simplicity of St. Benedict

G.K. Chesterton said every age is saved by a saint that ... I think the “Benedict Option” can simply be a realization that we need to return to the essentials of our faith and to live out those essent... read more

Romero an icon of pope’s dream of a ‘poor Church for the poor’

told Crux that he believes Romero is the “saint of four popes,” noting that there are elements of his life that were shaped by, or influenced by, Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI ... read more

More Breaking News from the Ordinariate: “A Parish Before Its Time”

Jeffrey Steenson, ordinary ... Catholic. St. Mary’s was one of only a few parishes to enter the Catholic Church under this option. It was truly, as Father Bradley quipped, “an ordinariate parish befor... read more

Noah & the Benedict Option

I mean my TAC colleague Noah Millman, who registered some objections to my Benedict Option blogging ... the Catholic community that has grown up around St. Jerome’s parish in Hyattsville, Maryland; th... read more

Ahead of Brexit, Irish fear border tensions and split parishes

The Archdiocese of Armagh, which traces its origins back to the ministry of St. Patrick in the fifth century ... was instrumental in the promulgation of Summorum Pontificum, Benedict XVI’s 2007 motu p... read more

Is It Time for the Benedict Option?

He envisions a grassroots movement that echoes the witness of St. Benedict. Dreher writes ... top-down “good ideas” by diocesan bureaucrats. What might a “Benedict Option” parish look like? The pastor ... read more

Bishop: Might be best for some Catholics to skip voting for president

Paprocki said some Catholics may want to consider the "Benedict Option," a plan that has gained traction ... a parochial vicar at St. Agnes Parish in Springfield, has publicly endorsed the American So... read more

What the sacrifices of moms at Mass can teach the rest of us

My parish is St. Jerome's in Hyattsville, celebrated as a strong community in a "Benedict option" sort of way. Many families live within walking distance of the church. On any weekday, there can be te... read more

US Episcopal parish to join Catholic Church

NEW YORK – A Maryland Episcopal parish will be ... Monday that he approved St. Luke's decision and will allow the congregation to continue worshipping in their church under a lease with an option to b... read more

Benedict Option In The Flood

He’s a personal friend too, and an avid follower of the Benedict Option. We’ve been talking about ... and remember the stories in it about how all of St. Francisville and West Feliciana Parish came to... read more

Coptic community among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

is the ordinary form of the Roman rite, and that the prior version, last issued by St. John XXIII in 1962 and known as the Traditional Latin Mass or the Tridentine Mass, is the Roman rite’s extraordin... read more

1 Percenters attempt to buy control of the Church

The pope’s personal secretary denied there was any such confirmation from Benedict. The WaPo ... her parents befriended Father Raymond Bornbach, pastor of St. Michael’s Parish. (At their request, vict... read more