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  • Fatima and St. Maximilian Kolbe

    Today is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. The following is a (revised) re-post from March of this year. ~SCF “One of the examples that Father Stehlin gives – next to the importance of the Brown Scapular, the Rosary and the Five First Saturdays, for example – is the aspect of penance. The Blessed Mother taught the children of…

  • The Great Novena to the Immaculate Conception

    Today, on the feast of St. Andrew, the Great Novena to the Immaculate Conception begins, for it is nine days until December 8th, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The following details this novena, and explains its history: France knows what is called the “Great Novena of the Immaculate Conception,” which is held annually from November 30 to December 8.…

  • Traditional Teaching on Penance

    Today, I am posting an excerpt from Light and Peace: Instructions for Devout Souls to Dispel Their Doubts and Allay Their Fears which was written by Father Carlo Guissepe Quadrupani (b. 1740- d. 1807). Fr. Quadrupani was an Italian priest of the Clerics Regular of St. Paul. He wrote this book based on the teachings of St. Francis de Sales,…