This week, the blog of the National Catholic Register contained a bit of news which would have delighted the Catholic English writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton: in 2020, England is to be rededicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The word rededicated is used as, long ago, England was presented as a gift to Our Lady by the English monarch, King Richard II (b. 1367-…
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Beacons of Light: Chesterton Schools
“Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” G.K. Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) Popping up in America are Catholic high schools, and educational tracts within established Catholic schools, offering a classical curriculum, and they are named after Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Chesterton Academy(ies). The first Chesterton Academy (website here) was launched in 2008…
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Grotto Developments and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart. Luke 2:51 I have been relaying the ongoing developments in the building of a backyard grotto in New Jersey. The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which will be the centerpiece of the grotto, had to undergo…
