Dr. Robert Hickson 29 December 2021 Feast of Saint Thomas à Becket (d. 1170) Feast of King David the Poet and King (d. 973 B.C.) Also the Traditional Feast of the Holy Innocents (1 A.D.) Pope Pius V’s 1570 Excommunication of Queen Elizabeth and the New 1581 Jesuit Spirit: Hence “the Chivalry of Lepanto and…
Dr. Robert Hickson 28 January 2006 Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Peter Nolasco (Author’s Note of 30 November 2021: Evelyn Waugh’s heart-felt text was first published in 1935, and dedicated to Father Martin D’Arcy, S.J. of Campion Hall, Oxford University. This current essay was first published in 2006 and will be published here once more in…
Dr. Robert Hickson 7 October 2021 Feast of the Holy Rosary Epigraphs “We are to live and die supernaturally alive in a state of sanctifying grace.” (Solemn words often spoken by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. in his searching conversations with R. D. Hickson down the years.) *** “Gratia est Gloria…