“Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” ~Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe And, teach your children to love her, too. This is the Roman Catholic way. Let us continue to love Our Lady as our Catholic ancestors did. Hail Mary! ~SCF ~Image: Virginia Catholic culture: a May crowning. By…
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Restoring a Beloved Icon
If you are planning a trip to Rome, a visit to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a must. This grand basilica, which is dedicated to Our Lady, will leave her mark on you: the gold ceiling which stretches far above one’s head, hearkens to a world beyond our reach where the Queen reigns in majesty beside her…
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Rebuilding Notre-Dame
This week, we witnessed the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most recognizable, and beloved, Roman Catholic cathedrals in the world. There is now talk of its restoration; which is all lovely and quite good, as long as it is remembered what Notre-Dame is: it is a Roman Catholic church. It is not an inter-denominational history museum. It…
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Fine Art Restoration
Yesterday, after posting on St. Boniface Church in Pittsburgh, I received word that a friend of a friend’s grandfather (you know how these things work in Catholic circles!) was one of the German immigrants who had, literally, built this grand structure: her grandfather was a roofer, had roofed the church, and maintained it through the years. He, with his family, owned a…