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Apologetics, Episode 25: The Marks of the Church, Part I – Episode Review
Apologetics, Episode 25: The Marks of the Church, Part I – Episode Review When it comes to the nature of the Church, we know that it is characterised by four marks: it is one,...

Review: The Laity, Religious, and Collegiality – The Second Vatican Council
Stephen Heiner with guest, Father Arnold Trauner, IMBC. The Second Vatican Council, Episode 9: The Laity, Religious, and Collegiality (Season 7, 27 October 2018, ~28mins). With the focus of the Second Vatican Council (VII)...

The Summa Theologiæ: The Goodness of God
The Summa Theologiae, Season 7: Prima Pars Q6, A1: The Goodness of God (21 November 2018). Saint Thomas’ magnificent Summa Theologiae needn’t any longer seem intimidating to the average layman, now that Father Arnold...

A Modest Proposal: Fast and Abstinence for all of Lent
The other day one of the messaging groups I’m part of was full of questions as to whether that day required partial or full abstinence and what the norms were outside of Ember Days...

Forty Days – Bow down your heads to God
“Yesterday, the world was busy in its pleasures, and the very children of God were taking a joyous farewell to mirth: but this morning, all is changed. The solemn announcement, spoken of by the...

TR Store REWARDS Bonus
True Restoration Press store is excited to announce the launching of a new customer rewards plan. Our frequent patrons will now benefit even more than being able to access some of the best specially-curated...

Money Manipulation and (the) Social Order – Book Review
Money Manipulation and (the) Social Order By Rev. Denis Fahey, C.S.Sp. He’s done it again! Father Fahey tells it how it is – and though written in the 1940s, it’s as relevant now, if...

Lay Boards: Clerical Conversations – Episode Overview
Clerical Conversations 28: Lay Boards In the absence of a functioning Catholic hierarchy in place to regulate the affairs of Church communities, enterprising Catholics have taken the initiative to establish their own missions and...

TR Developing World and Catechesis Membership Programs
I have had for some time a project on my mind and my visit earlier this year to the Philippines and Fr. Soliman’s spirited group of Catholics in Manila helped crystallize my thoughts. True...

Father Eldracher on His First Year of Priesthood: Clerical Conversations
Season 6 Clerical Conversations, Ep. 27: Father Eldracher on His First Year of Priesthood In this episode of Clerical Conversations, our host Stephen Heiner is joined by Fr. Philip Eldracher, pastor of Mary Help...