On January 9, 2018, in answer to a request from Costa Rica, a member State of the OAS, the Court demanded the recognition of the “right to homosexual marriage”, that ensures the same legal protection as marriage.

Juan Puertas, a lawyer and President of the Asociación Antonin Scalia in Peru, told Fides that “as a consequence of the Court’s decision, marriage will cease to be an institution”; “we are renouncing true law,” he explained, “because law is a science based on reality and not on sentiments.” MORE

Vol 11 Issue 6 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier

All men are vain, in whom there is not the knowledge of God: and who by these good things that are seen, could not understand him that is, neither by attending to the works have acknowledged who was the workman. (Wisdom 13:1)

February 10, 2018 ~ Saint Scholastica, opn!

1. What is the Sacrament of Confirmation
2. Quinquagesima Sunday
3. Our Lady of Lourdes
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices

Dear Reader:

On a flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles this past week there was a woman who asked if she could take the seat next to me. Being on a plane and without observing who it was in particular, I replied out of courtesy that it was fine. Continue reading →

Evangelicals join interfaith leaders in Washington to promote religious tolerance

“Those who best realize the social doctrine of the church at this time are the Chinese,” Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo told the Italian newspaper La Stampa last Friday. “They seek the common good, subordinating all things to the general good.” MORE

There are some very clear reasons why Catholics don’t evangelize, and they are difficulties that run right to the foundation of our understanding and practice of the faith. MORE

Amen, God is absent just about everywhere in U.S.A. Including the new catholic church.

This was supposed to be Spirit Week at Marshall County High School.

Instead, homecoming events were canceled, the governor was in town lamenting the nation’s moral decay, and preparations were being made for the funerals of two 15-year-old children. MORE

CALIFORNIA – Good night. Sleep tight. Try not to let the bed bugs bite, California!

The blood-sucking creepy crawlers have spread rapidly in California and other parts of the United States in recent years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, this year the Golden State’s three most populous regions made Orkin’s annual ranking of the top 50 bed bug cities in the country. MORE

There they go again. Less than a year after the state of California pronounced the drought emergency over, it–drought, that is–is back. phys.org reports:

California is rapidly plunging back into drought, with severe conditions now existing in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties—home to one-fourth of the state’s population, a national drought monitor said Thursday.
The weekly report released by the U.S. Drought Monitor, a project of government agencies and other partners, also shows 44 percent of the state is now considered to be in a moderate drought. It’s a dramatic jump from just last week, when the figure was 13 percent. MORE

There’s a lot of confusion, actually, about St. Valentine, whose feast we celebrate today.
The most popular legend places Valentine near Rome in the third century, during the reign of the Emperor Claudius III (nicknamed Claudius the Cruel). According to the story, Claudius sought to expand the Roman Empire, and so needed a strong army to conquer new settlements. He was having trouble getting soldiers to join his military forces; and Claudius believed that this was because young men were unwilling to leave their wives and families. Therefore, the Emperor banned all marriages and engagements in Rome.(For Soldiers) Continue reading →

This was an announcement for the week by the Conciliar Archdiocese of Los Angeles:

By popular demand, St. Cyril of Jerusalem Parish in Encino will once again present its Dixieland Mass on Sunday, February 11, at the 12:00 noon Mass.This Mass was composed by Dale Jergenson, composer-in-residence, Continue reading →

Can you imagine, at $500 dollars each. Whatever will they do with them.

Vol 11 Issue 5 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
February 3, 2018 ~ Saint Blaise, opn!

1. What is the Sacrament of Confirmation
2. Sexagesima Sunday
3. Saint Andrew Corsini
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices

Dear Reader:

What is love? What is charity? Unfortunately the world has taken the word love and charity to mean something totally Continue reading →

Declining birthrates that are affecting diaper sales signs of the times..Maybe they should make diapers for dogs, ha.

Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Huggies and Kleenex, is laying off about 13 percent of its work force and shedding factories worldwide, amid declining birthrates that are affecting diaper sales and a retail price war that is weighing on profits. MORE