A Boots and Tie Education
Rather than primarily utilitarian, the college window should be about something much bigger than it actually is at most colleges.
The Wind Rises: Look at the Stars
When we train our attention on the heroic lives of the saints, on the words of Scripture, on the Presence of Our Lord in the Tabernacle, our sight is refined and we are reminded of the true focus.
Don’t Just Pray and Work—Read
A forgotten part of the Benedictine life is what many modern Catholics are missing.
AI “Girlfriends” Prove Modern Men Don’t Think Women Are Human
Pause for a moment and consider what it means to conceive of a woman as something which could compete with a “virtual girlfriend.”
A Phony Education
Wyoming Catholic College’s entirely cell-phone-free school year is directly ordered to freeing young people from a phony education.
The European Conservative: An Appreciation
Two things make The European Conservative stand out among other publications: its high-profile writers contributing top-notch content combined with its sleek and classy presentation.
It Is Your Turn to Awaken the Sleeping Beauty
“All who truly love the bridal Church have the capacity, in their time, place, situation, to awaken the sleeping beauty with a kiss.”
How Detachment from the “Real” Has Impacted the Church
One wonders how different things would be if the prominent Churchmen who have done such damage to the Church had the experience of a more “real” life.
Faithful Reasoning and Reasonable Faith: Genetics at the Dawn of Humanity
How far can genetics take us in explaining what makes humans different from other animals?
Pilgrim Music
Modern masters of lust scream and shout their rock songs, but medieval peasants sing of beauty, salvation, and death to their mother.
Why I Fish for Fickle, Freckled Things
Fishing is an adrenalin-boosting hunt, a breath of fresh air, excitement mixed with relaxation, a time for wonder and solitude and meditation, and, sometimes, a time for camaraderie.
Five Ways to Stop Modernity From Ravaging Your Mind
What practical steps can we take to stop modernity from ravaging our minds via the internet and the reality distortion that comes with it?
Do to Your Wife As You Would Have Your Bishop Do to You
A false dichotomy is created in the Church by setting fidelity to theology and liturgy against fidelity to an obedience that is not in harmony with them.
The Power of Theme Songs
Throughout music history, popular tunes have formed the basis of arrangements, fantasias, and variation suites.
Renaissance Jazz: Grooving in Style
Improvisation is one of Jazz’s distinctive features. One of the more recently recovered practices of Renaissance music, however, is also improvisation.
The Surprising Life and Music of Catholic Composer Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, a devout Catholic, was something of an odd man, but the beauty of his innovative and monumental sacred music deserves to be unpacked and considered by Catholics today.
The Silence of Friendship
The silence of old friendship; a common trope in literature, perhaps a trite cliché. But do we ever practice it?
Drying Your Eyes With the Melancholy Music of Other Ages
In an era of unhealthy melancholy and depression, I would suggest mending our melancholy moods with the melancholy of other, more musically-healthy times.