FEB. 18. St. Simeon, Bishop, Martyr: St. Simeon, son of Cleophas and of Mary, who was so closely related to the Blessed Virgin as to be called her sister, “ was anointed with holy oil” (Gradual) and became bishop of Jerusalem after St. James the Less. A disciple of Christ, whom he had known, he [...]
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The following interview was conducted by Catholic Family News Editor, John Vennari on February 11, 2009. It took place in Syracuse, New York at the time when Bishop Tissier de Mallerais visited Society of St. Pius X’s Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God Church to administer the sacrament of Confirmation and to give a Sunday [...]
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Sexagesima Sunday Station at St. Paul Today’s Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul combines a melancholy strain of penitence with notes of rejoicing in honor of the Apostle of the Gentiles. The Epistle describes vividly the incredible trial endured by St. Paul in his apostolate among the Gentiles. The parable of the [...]
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FEB. 14. St. Valentine, Priest, Martyr: St. Valentine was a holy priest in Rome who assisted the martyrs in the persecutions under Claudius II. In the end he was beheaded for being a Christian under the Emperor Aurelian on February 14, 270. He was a doctor of medicine as well as a priest; one [...]
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Many of the faithful are aware of the opposition which the Holy Father has faced in his efforts to reconcile the Society of Pius X. The current pressure from the media and others seems to not only threaten Pope Benedict’s work with SSPX. It also seems as though some would like to see it [...]
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By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, February 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The dissident, leftist movement in the Catholic Church over the last forty years has severely undermined the teaching of the Catholic Church on the moral teachings on life and family, a prominent US Orthodox rabbi told LifeSiteNews.com. Rabbi Yehuda Levin, the head of a [...]
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Three seminarians from the international seminary of SSPX (FSSPX) Ecône, Switzerland lost their lives yesterday (Wednesday) while hiking at an altitude of 2200 meters. Four of them were swept away by an avalanche at around 1:20pm, leaving 1 injured and 3 dead. [...]
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Feb. 12. The Seven Holy Founders of the Order of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Confessors: These holy men, canonized by Pope Leo XIII, were Florentine merchants, who lived in the Thirteenth Century. They established the Order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin in 1223, commonly called the Servites, which aimed [...]
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FEB. 11. The Feast of the Apparition of Our Blessed Lady at Lourdes: From February 11 to July 16, 1858, Our Blessed Lady came down eighteen times from heaven and appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous, in the cave of the rock at Massabielle. On March 25th, Our Blessed Mother said to St. Bernadette of 14 [...]
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Feb. 10. St. Scholastica, Virgin: St. Scholastica, the twin sister of St. Benedict, was born at Nursia in Italy, in 480. She followed in the footsteps of piety of her saintly brother. In the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great it is related that on the occasion of the last conversation of St. Scholastica with her [...]
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