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Faithful Catholics attached to the Traditional Latin Mass are truly blessed in the diocese of Cleveland. We are happy hear that another Pontifical Mass will be offered. Cardinal Raymond Burke is scheduled to offer a Pontifical Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 2018, at Immaculate Conception Church in Cleveland. Mass will be at 10am. We are reminded that this is an Holy Day of Obligation.

Dennis Vollick from the Sheffield Lake VFW called in to say they won't be showing Browns games this season either after 11 player knelt from the national anthem. Yesterday, Strongsville VFW posted a sign saying they liked the Browns but loved the flag.

Margaret Sanger gives a detailed account of her well-received 1926 speech to the Ku Klux Klan in her autobiography.  Sanger's open admission to speaking at a KKK rally has not stopped leftists from trying to deny it happened.  Thanks to scholars like Dr. Paul Kengor, a university professor, and Arina Grossu at the Washington Times, the Margaret Sanger KKK Planned Parenthood connection has received greater attention in recent years - despite Google's attempt to rank their research low in Margaret Sanger KKK queries.   The new attention Sanger's KKK speech has received has forced leftists into the odd position of trying...

Dr. Paul Kengor takes an in depth look at what really happened that night when Margaret Sanger first spoke to the Ku Klux Klan.  Check out his brilliant analysis over the American Spectator:  Reflections on Roe: When Margaret Sanger Spoke to the KKK . As the professor points out, there is no excuse not to know this stuff!  If a conservative group was receiving millions of dollars of federal funds and had such close ties to the KKK, rest assured we would never here the end of it and there would be endless movies, plays and documentaries memorializing the events.  Well, Professor...

Mark Naymik St. Ignatius alumni battle over two theology teachers -- and identity of the school: Mark Naymik Updated on June 2, 2017 at 11:22 AM Posted on June 1, 2017 at 6:12 AM Some St. Ignatius alumni say the school's traditional, conservative-leaning approach to Catholicism is being eroded by a growing progressive philosophy. Others dismiss such claims as irrational and argue the school's Catholic identity, mission and quality education remain intact. (Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer)Some St. Ignatius alumni say the school's traditional, conservative-leaning approach to Catholicism is being eroded by a growing progressive philosophy. Others dismiss such claims...

First Irish monastery established in Meath since Henry VIII banned them The Reformation king had suppressed “lower monasteries” in the 16th century. By Garreth MacNamee Monday 27 Feb 2017, 8:36 AM15 hours ago 18,855 Views 23 Comments http://jrnl.ie/3260955 Share Tweet Email5 A NEW MONASTERY home to eight Benedictine monks from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been set up in the diocese of Meath.Late last week, Bishop Michael Smith presided at the “canonical establishment of the new monastery at Silverstream Priory”.The monastery will be home to a community of eight who “follow the Rule of Saint Benedict” according to a statement. The community...

>Log in Kellogg's Honey Smacks Leads List of Unhealthy Cereals Many kids' cereals pack more sugar than Twinkies and cookies 12/07/2011 | ConsumerAffairs |  Health facebook twitter google+ emailprint By Truman Lewis A former reporter and bureau chief for broadcast outlets and magazines, Truman Lewis has covered presidential campaigns, state politics and stories ranging from organized crime to environmental protection.  Read Full Bio→ Email Truman Lewis  Phone: 866-773-0221 Google+ Parents have good reason to worry about the sugar content of children’s breakfast cereals, according to an Environmental Working Group review of 84 popular brands. Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, at nearly 56 percent sugar...

Catholic Culture and Holiness Yesterday on his blog, Remembering Father William Doyle, S.J., our dear friend, Benedictine Oblate Pat Kenny, wrote a compelling plea for the canonisation of more Irish saints. Pat writes: When one compares Ireland to other countries with strong Catholic heritage – Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, France, even parts of Germany, we perform very poorly when it comes to canonisations. Of course, it’s not a contest and the numbers themselves don’t really matter. Yet, at another level, the numbers are a kind of barometer that tell us something about the spiritual climate of a country. After...

When the parents of a newborn child stand on the threshold of the church before the little one’s baptism, the priest puts this question to them: What do you want for your child? The parents respond: Faith. Faith is the key that opens the door of the kingdom of God, but one is not born with the key of faith in one’s pocket. One cannot produce faith nor can one earn it. One receives the key of faith humbly; it is a divine gift.God does not refuse faith to one who asks for it, but one must ask for...

Young Sean Kilcawley faces a choice — the Army and the girlfriend or the priesthood?By COLLEEN KENNEY | Lincoln Journal StarLittle boys think magical thoughts, especially when they’re Irish.Years ago, a little Irish boy in Michigan named Sean Kilcawley thought the only way to meet his mom was to become a priest, because all priests go to heaven.His mom lived in heaven.She died when he was 2.He felt God wanted him to be a priest. What else would have brought his dad to Michigan all the way from Ireland to meet his mom just in time for him to be...

The Gentle Traditionalist Monday, 14 December 2015 15:00 1 Comment PETER KWASNIEWSKI calls it: “A tale of whimsical fantasy, melancholy realism, and supernatural joy … Buck’s deftly-reasoned post-modern apologetic for full-blooded Catholicism—a Syllabus of Errors in narrative form, a rousing hymn to ‘meaning, grace, beauty, life’.”The Gentle Traditionalist by Roger Buck will brighten the mind and warm the heart during these dark, cold Irish December days and long nights. I received a copy from the author three days ago and have already read the book twice, savouring it and delighting in it both times. I recommend The Gentle Traditionalist...

Excited to release our new video on @HumaAbedin tomorrow (Monday) from an event where recordings were prohibited, of course.

The power of suggestion. When you type "Margaret Sanger" into any search engine (besides Google) the Autocomplete suggestions for Yahoo, Bing, Aol and DuckDuckGo include terms like "racist," "Negro Project," "eugenics," "KKK," and "colored people," among others. The Google Autocomplete, however, will suggest none of those terms to finish a Margaret Sanger search.  Instead, the Google search engine suggests "apush," "speech," "award," and "books." Of the mere four words suggested by Google, only the term "award" is suggested by any of the other search engines.  We just find this strange.  What is the purpose of Autocomplete?  To help users...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- Lake County sheriff's deputies learned that Juan Emmanual Razo was in the U.S. illegally from Mexico more than two weeks before his arrest in the death of a 60-year-old woman. Razo made his first court appearance Tuesday in the death of Margaret Kostelnick where a judge set a $10 million. He's also accused in the attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl and the shooting of another woman who survived. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder, but still faces possible murder and other charges in connection to the other incidents. Lake County Sheriff's Det....

By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey BlogThis one is hard to wrap your mind around, Save Jerseyans.The obvious takeaway will be “is there anyone, or anything, left that’s worthy of our trust?”Background: “Six Camden-based charities will receive funds through the Francis Fund, a short-term fund in honor of the papal visit” ahead of Pope Francis’s much-celebrated World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this fall. It’s apparently a project of the event’s affiliated Hunger and Homelessness Committee; Sister Mary Scullion, a Sister of Mercy, chairs the committee, and Archbishop Charles J. Chaput provides a welcome message on the site.New Jersey...

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards has had her hands full since the Center for Medical Progress began releasing its undercover videos.Cliff Owen / Associated Press  COLUMBUS, Ohio — It may not be time to write about this, because there may be more damning video to come from the Center for Medical Progress' masterful ambushes of Planned Parenthood officials.But it's also the perfect time to write about this. I'm sitting in a hospital waiting room, waiting for my daughter to deliver my second grandchild, and babies are just kind of where my calvarium is at right now.Calvarium? That's abortion clinic...

Things about to go nuclear with #PlannedParenthood. One unreleased video may show talk of 'racial characteristics'

Even before channel-surfing became a national sport in this country, the paid political program had fallen out of favor. Most viewers, the conventional wisdom went, would turn off such a program. And those who did not were probably already supporting the candidate on the screen, anyway. Then in early October, Ross Perot went on the air with a set of cardboard graphics and 16.5 million people tuned in for what amounted to a 30-minute lecture. Since then, Mr. Perot's paid political programs have consistently outdrawn many sit-coms. (On Friday night, a half-hour program in which Mr. Perot introduced his family...

Fundraising deadline looms for Silverstream priory By Sarah Mac Donald - 21 December, 2014 Ireland’s newest monastery - the Benedictine monks of Silverstream Priory in Co Meath - need €150,000. Benedictine monks of Silverstream priory (l to r) Dom Elijah, Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, Dom Finian and Dom Benedict Andersen.The fundraising deadline for Ireland’s newest monastery is just four days away and the Benedictine monks of Silverstream Priory still need €150,000.The community of five was founded from its parent community in the diocese of Tulsa in Oklahoma in the US and ended up coming to Ireland when the house...

Silverstream Priory St Benedict’s Sons in Ireland Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, 62, was born and raised in Connecticut. Today, he is the Prior of a newly-established Benedictine monastery in Stamullen, Ireland. The Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle has an amazing vocations problem: they have far too many young monks (plus interested young men) for their meager means. Here’s their story: Q. Dom Kirby, tell us how  Silverstream Priory began. The seed of Silverstream Priory was planted in my heart in 2004-2005.  Profoundly moved by Saint John Paul II’s apostolic letter, ‘Mane nobiscum Domine,’ I resolved to live the mystery...