Above: the reliquary of St. Matthias in Padua. Editor’s note: today is a “holy day of opportunity”: the vigil of St. Matthias. The author explains this significance below. Part I – The Roman Calendar in 1954: The Last Year of Wholeness Part II – The Vigil of the Epiphany: the Forgotten Gateway to Christ’s Manifestation…

The SSPX has been in the news recently, given their announcement that they plan to consecrate bishops without papal approval. This, of course, raises the question of whether such consecrations are justified and what, if anything, Rome should do in response. Related questions are whether Catholics should attend Mass at SSPX chapels and, more fundamentally,…

I signed my last SAG contract in 2021. That was intentional. After a grueling year managing what was at the time the largest production budget in independent film history, I needed a break. Cabrini was to be my last full-time project before turning to academic pursuits, though the part-time film consulting never fully subsided. What…