Life, Liturgy and the Pursuit of Holiness
The open letter below was written by a mother in the Diocese of Charlotte who attends one of the parishes impacted by Bishop Michael Martin’s liturgical agenda. It is my sincere hope that her respectful appeal finds its way to Bishop Martin and that he takes her words to heart. Merry Christmas, Bishop Martin. I [ ]
What does a new bishop do when he inherits a thriving diocese, one with beautiful, reverent, liturgies, engaged and intentional faithful, with vocations and ordinations booming? If you are Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte the answer appears to be to “fix” everything that isn’t broken. Just in the first 18 months since [ ]
This weekend the faithful of Charlotte have learned that as of the 1st Sunday of Advent November 30, 2025, Bishop Michael Martin has ordered that altar rails should no longer be used for the distribution of Holy Communion in the Diocese of Charlotte. Additionally, any parishes using kneelers (or unfixed rails) must remove them. This, [ ]
The good people at Regina Magazine (who published a collection of my essays several years ago), just released a new documentary film by Sean O’Halloran chronicling recent events in my home Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. Bread Not Stones is one of the first films to document the impact of Traditionis custodes (TC) upon a [ ]
𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦, 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘳. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶 (𝘚𝘚𝘗𝘟) 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯…
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais of the Society of Saint Pius X celebrated Confirmations in the Traditional Rite at All Souls Catholic Church, a parish church in the Diocese of Orlando, Florida with full permission of the local ordinary. Due to the sheer number of confirmandi, the local Sanford priory [ ]
The following letter was sent to H.E. Raymond Cardinal Burke last year by the founders of the Charlotte (NC) and Columbia (SC) Latin Mass communities. It was sent via email to his official site as well his personal secretary via a mutual contact. To this date no reply has been received. In a spirit of [ ]
The following excerpt is from Dr. Peter Kwasniewski’s latest book, The Once and Future Roman Rite: Returning to the Traditional Latin Liturgy After Seventy Years of Exile, (TAN Books, 2022). Within this new book, Kwasniewski’s magnum opus and a work of immense importance, we are given the below glimpse into his personal journey to tradition [ ]
A Catholic podcast that focuses on tradition, the Latin Mass, and current events in the Church, but does so with humor and a commitment to entertain? Does such a show exist? Indeed it does! Yours truly (the Liturgy Guy) and my buddy, former Marine sniper Frank Cona, are hosts of the new podcast, TRAD TALK [ ]
The following guest post is by frequent contributor Fr. Donald Kloster, a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Five Wounds of Christ include the two nail wounds through each palm and wrist as well as two nail wounds through each foot resting on the suppedaneum or foot rest. The fifth wound was inflicted [ ]