Dr. Robert Hickson 5 April 2022 Saint Vincent Ferrer O.P. (d. 1419) Blessed Juliana of Mount Cornillon (d. 1258) Epigraphs *** “What then is this Sloth which can merit the extremity of divine punishment? St. Thomas’s answer is both comforting and surprising: tristitia de bono spirituali, sadness in the face of spiritual good. Man is…
Dr. Robert Hickson 15 August 2021 The Assumption of the Blessed Mother Mary Epigraphs “We are witnessing a massive effort to remake our historic Faith.” (Father Hardon, as spoken solemnly, at least thrice, to RDH during our work, in the early 1990s, on the final draft of the New Catechism.) ***…
The Author’s Introductory Note (Written on 13 July 2021): The following recent (7 July 2021) comment, composed by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski in his essay for Crisis Magazine, has inspired my decision to publish (along with some of the contributions from my wife Maike) my earlier and searching, if not candid, essay of 18 May 2018. That…
An Author’s Note, on 21 May 2021: After John Vennari (the editor-in-chief of Catholic Family News) had died on 4 April 2017, my wife Maike and I wrote a six-page tribute to him and to his family that is now to be found below. Our tribute was first published, in an abbreviated form and as…
Dr. Robert Hickson 10 February 2021 Saint Scholastica (d. 543) Muriel Agnes Hickson (d. 2009) Epigraphs “The ecclesiastical magisterium, in teaching and guarding this dogma [as of 1958], insists that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church and at the same time likewise insists that people who die without ever becoming members of…
Dr. Robert Hickson 30 December 2020 Saint Sabinus (d. 303) Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. (d. 2000) Epigraphs “How many of the three infused theological virtues—faith, hope, and charity—did Christ’s Sacred Humanity possess?” (Father John A. Hardon, S.J. in a conversation with R. Hickson in the late 1980s.) *** “Christ as well as His Blessed…
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