Heiligenkreuz: Heim steps down as Rome bars monks from electing new abbot After two terms in office, Maximilian Heim will step down as abbot on 14 September. The Dicastery for Consecrated Life has blocked the elective chapter and ordered the appointment of an administrator for three years. In the background lies the growing influence of Abbot General Mauro Giuseppe Lepori and an Austrian Congregation unable to defend the autonomy of its own communities.
Priest Alters Words of Consecration, Nuns Appear as "Concelebrants". Worse than Germany: A video published by InfoVaticana.com shows Trinitarian nuns at the Monastery of Suesa in Cantabria, Spain, standing around the altar like concelebrants, with their hands extended during the Eucharistic Prayer. The celebrating priest altered the words of consecration, using feminine forms. He said, “Tomad y comed todas de él” (“Take and eat, all of you” — using the feminine todas). Furthermore, he prayed “for all humanity” instead of “for many.” He also replaced “Do this in memory of me” with: “Do this to remember that I am among you as one who serves.”
Ein Video, das InfoVaticana vorliegt, zeigt, wie im Trinitarierkloster von Suesa (Kantabrien) die Nonnengemeinschaft während des eucharistischen Gebets mit ausgestreckten Händen als "Konzelebranten" fungieren.
The Memorare of Saint Bernard Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee. O Virgin of Virgins my mother! To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the word Incarnate! Despise not my petitions but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen. youtube.com/watch?v=gHCFqEZR-Jg Christi Sacred Way
My friends, this Sunday (Aug 23) I'll join Nora Gedgaudas live for a free conversation/webinar: Resilience in an Age of Disruption Building Food Security, Self-Reliance & Local Resilience 9:00–11:00 AM PST Why food, energy & supply systems are getting more fragile, and what practical steps families & communities can take right now to become less dependent on those failing centralized systems. See you there!
Samuel the Patriarch - August 20 Memorial 20 August Profile The last Judge of Israel, described in the Old Testament book of 1 Kings. The son of Elcana and Hannah, who vowed before his birth to give him to God. Delivered the Israelites from the rule of the Philistines (1 Kings 7). Believed by some to be the author of the books of Judges and Ruth, and the first 24 verses of 1 Kings. In his old age he appointed his sons judges over Israel, but they displeased the ancients, who asked him for a king, and the Lord told him to anoint Saul (1 Kings 8). Born c.1132 BC at Ramatha in the moutains of Ephraim Name Meaning God hath heard (hebrew) Canonized Pre-Congregation
20. August – Heiliger des Tages: Heiliger Samuel, Priester, Prophet & Richter von Israel Der Prophet, der schon als Kind Gottes Stimme vernahm … und nach seinem Tod ein letztes Mal sprach. Die Geschichte des heiligen Samuel liest sich wie ein Drehbuch: Das verzweifelte Gebet einer kinderlosen Mutter wird mit einem Wundersohn erhört. Eine Stimme ruft in der Nacht und zwingt einen Jungen, ihr zuzuhören. Donner kracht mitten in der Schlacht auf ein feindliches Heer. Zwei Könige werden gesalbt, eine Blutlinie führt direkt nach Bethlehem. Ein römischer Kaiser trägt seine Gebeine im Jahr 406 n. Chr. durch sein Reich. Seine berühmten Worte berühren uns in einer Welt, die sich ständig im Wandel befindet, noch immer aufs Neue: „Sprich, Herr, denn dein Diener hört.“ Und Gottes Worte an ihn treffen uns vielleicht noch tiefer: „Der Mensch sieht, was vor Augen ist, aber der Herr sieht das Herz an.“ Die vollständige, tiefgründige Geschichte, inklusive der wohl ungewöhnlichsten …More
"The foolishness of man. For nothing is more foolish than to live in idleness in the present life, where a man ought to work for himself so that he may live in eternity. He found them idle in the market place. (Matt. 20:3) This market place is the present life. The market placee, or forum, is called the place in which lawsuits are conducted and in which buying and selling take place; and it signifies the present life, which is full of disputes, of buying and selling, and in which even the benefits of grace, progress, and heavenly glory are sold in exchange for good works. And those men were idle because they had already lost part of their life. And they are called idle not only those who do evil, but also those who do not do good. And just as the idle do not attain their end, neither do these. The end of man is eternal life. Therefore, he who works in the way he ought will obtain it, provided he is not idle." — St. Thomas Aquinas, Serm. in Dom. Septuages. St. Thomas Aquinas (@aquinaswisdom)
They’re Putting Medicine in the Flour — And Calling It Public Health In this video we examine the UK’s new mandatory folic acid fortification policy, set to take full effect in December 2026. Non-wholemeal wheat flour will be required to contain synthetic folic acid under the Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations 2024. We look at: What the official regulations actually say The government’s stated benefit numbers versus the more detailed assessments The difference between natural folate and synthetic folic acid How folic acid is regulated when sold as a medicine versus when it is added to food The original Hungarian trial data that is frequently cited Questions around consent, transparency, and population-wide exposure This is not medical advice. It is an examination of publicly available regulations, impact assessments, parliamentary records, and published scientific literature. Key sources referenced: Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations 2024 UK government impact assessments and …More
August 15 ~ THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. ON this festival, the Church commemorates the happy departure from life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and her translation into the kingdom of her Son, in which she received from Him a crown of immortal glory, and a throne above all the other Saints and heavenly spirits. After Christ, as the triumphant Conqueror of death and hell, ascended into heaven, His blessed Mother remained at Jerusalem, persevering in prayer with the disciples, till, with them, she had received the Holy Ghost. She lived to a very advanced age, but finally paid the common debt of nature, none among the children of Adam being exempt from that rigorous law. But the death of the Saints is rather to be called a sweet sleep than death ; much more that of the Queen of Saints, who had been exempt from all sin. It is a traditionary pious belief, that the body of the Blessed Virgin was raised by God soon after her death, and taken up to glory, by a singular privilege, …More
"Tartary, and Northern China on the east, and Sweden and Norway to the west, were evangelized by him, and he is said to have visited Scotland. Everywhere multitudes were converted, churches and convents were built; one hundred and twenty thousand pagans and infidels were baptized by his hands. He worked numerous miracles, and at Cracow raised a dead youth to life."
Saint Maria de Mattias - August 20 Also known as Mary de Mattias Mary de Matthias Memorial 20 August Profile Born to a pious and educated upper class family. Though women of her day were forbidden a formal education, she learned to read and write, and much about her faith at home from her father. Being an upper class girl of the time, she grew up isolated and self-involved, but in her mid-teens she felt the hollowness of her life, and began to search for more meaning. She prayed for enlightment and received a mystical vision that led her to leave home and wander the roads, explaining the love of God to any who would listen. At age 17 she attended a missionpreached by SaintGaspare de Bufalo, and saw the obvious changes to people who attended. She wanted to have the same effect, and with the aid of Venerable Giovanni Merlini she founded the Congregation of the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Acuto, Italy on 4 March1834, a woman‘s congregation for teaching …More
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Education has responded to a Catholic mother involved in a parents’ campaign against a new sexual-education framework for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Hamburg, reports LaNuovaBq.it on August 18. Hamburg is led by Archbishop Stefan Heße. The response was sent to Varinia Arauco, a Peruvian-born mother involved with the ‘Parents’ Network for Child Protection and Prevention’. Arauco and other parents have appealed to Church authorities in Germany and Rome over the Archdiocese of Hamburg’s framework “Male, Female, Diverse: Framework for Sexual Education at Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Hamburg.” The framework was published in 2025 and is intended to be implemented in the archdiocese’s 15 Catholic school locations from the 2026/27 school year. It explicitly supports the “acceptance of diversity with regard to sexual orientations and gender identity” The parents also submitted a petition to Pope Leo XIV through the Apostolic Nuncio in Germany and …More
Cathechism of Pope Saint Pius X ~ What should a Christian do who has been given a Bible by a Protestant? - He should reject it with disgust, because it is forbidden by the Church.
I wish I could give this post many loves and likes. I had two experiences with an old 1800's kjv book. And once when someone told me I should be a prot. I was not only disgusted but sickened by the words alone. The thought was rejected immediately! Now I know what to do with an old kjv from the 1800's that my son gave me he found. If I remember I will give to my Priests. I keep forgetting I have it because I put them in plastic and placed it where I rarely ever look or go into. Plus two tiny gideons. PUTTING THEM OUT OF MY SITE AND MIND!
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Universi Dominici Gregis (February 22, 1996) See for yourselves the UNAMENDED STILL LIVE, STILL Authoritative STILL Applicable STILL UNAMENDED JOHN PAUL, BISHOP SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD FOR PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION UNIVERSI DOMINICI GREGIS ON THE VACANCY OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE AND THE ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF Straight from the Vatican,Universi Dominici Gregis (February 22, 1996) UNIVERSI DOMINICI GREGIS PART TWO THE ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF CHAPTER I THE ELECTORS OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF 33. The right to elect the Roman Pontiff belongs exclusively to the Cardinals of Holy Roman Church, with the exception of those who have reached their eightieth birthday before the day of the Roman Pontiff's death or the day when the Apostolic See becomes vacant. The maximum number of Cardinal electors must not exceed one hundred and twenty. The right of active election by any other ecclesiastical dignitary or the intervention of any lay power of whatsoever grade or order …More