A Visit to Nigeria
As many will note in the format change for Restoration Radio this season, we have moved towards a course-based format that focuses on consecutive episodes of one show released over a single month, rather...
Author: Stephen Heiner
Book Review: The Liberal Illusion by Louis Veuillot
Title: The Liberal Illusion Author: Louis Veuillot Publisher: Angelus Press Excellence: 5 stars Summary in a sentence: One of the finest Catholic works written by a layman in the last 120 years. This book...
Episcopal Etiquette
During my visit to three different countries with the bishop on his most recent trip, I made a couple observations which I had seen on other occasions in other countries which I felt would be...
Bishop Sanborn’s Summer 2016 European visit
In his April 2016 Seminary Newsletter the Bishop kindly teased me for having a challenging schedule for his Spring visit to the Old World. I served as his valet for this recent Summer visit and...
Canterbury and Contradiction
Bishop Sanborn and I looked above the southwest doors to the ancient cathedral. On the left we saw Sts. Anselm and Augustine of Canterbury. And to their right? Thomas Cranmer. I was astonished, but...
Learning from Worldlings
I read a fair number of books that focus on themes around the maxim “know (and improve) thyself.” What still surprises me is that despite the fact that many of them don’t take immortality or...
Ember Days are here again
I hesitated for a moment while the chocolate taste spread across my mouth. My taste buds asked an unusual question of the European chocolate I was enjoying: does this seem too sweet? American chocolate,...
19 Months Later: Progress of the true Mass in Europe
My eyes surveyed the crowd, looking for a dear friend who is also the chapel coordinator for the Budapest mission. I had last seen him and his family in December 2015, for the tail end...
Book Review: Return to Order
Part of the Restoration is understanding where we came from. Only then can we start to put together commonsense solutions for how to go forward. Few books in today’s Catholic publishing world do this...
Remember why you are there
It had been a long day. Despite that, I knew I needed to get to the Oratory 45 minutes early. Our chapel, designed to hold roughly 50 people, would now have to accommodate in...
