Dr. Robert Hickson 2 February 2022 Feast of Candlemas The Presentation of Jesus and the Purification of Mary Anthony S. Fraser (b. Candlemas1949 – d. 28 August 2014) Epigraphs *** “To my dear friend, Bob, in our common loyalty to the Holy Faith. Gratefully, Bro. Francis, M.I.C.M.” (This inscription was to Dr. Maluf’s own very…
Dr. Robert Hickson 6 January 2022 Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord Two Emperors in Trouble and a Mother’s Prayer for Her Groping Son: Evelyn Waugh’s 1950 Presentation of Saint Helena’s Deepening Faith and Eloquence Epigraphs *** “’I know I am human. In fact I often feel [says Constantine himself to his Empress Mother…
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…
Dr. Robert Hickson 5 April 2004 The Concept and Reality of „Nation-Building”: A Moral and Strategic Critique of a Recent Long-Range Study A Note from the Author on 3 September, 2021: This essay was first written in Switzerland seventeen years ago. The author was then asked by several Europeans to write a commentary on this…
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…
A Note from the Authors on 24 June 2021 (the Nativity of St. John the Baptist): In late August 2012, now almost 10 years ago, while we were reading and discussing together candidly a variety of challenging books, my wife and I both considered a few recurring and connected insights in these counterpointed texts which…
Dr. Robert Hickson 11 June 2021 Sacred Heart of Jesus Saint Barnabas (d. 60) Epigraphs: “September 19.—To-day I was on the beach with Tristram and he asked me [Isolde of Brittany] if I saw a ship. I said I did. He asked me if the sail was black, and as the doctor had told me…