In this week’s Catholic Review, I wrote an obituary for Father Joseph Oppitz. One of the reasons I was enthusiastic about doing it was his tale of surviving a massive ship crash in the Atlantic. Here, in full, is his written recounting of nearly losing his life, thanks to the obituary on the Redemptorist site....Read More
Unlike other articles in The Catholic Review that express love of God and God’s love for us, every one of Tony Magliano’s columns that I have read expresses his apparent dislike of the United States of America and its policies and actions over the last 200 years or so.Read More
Fifty-five years after he narrowly avoided losing his life on board a sinking ship, Father Joseph W. Oppitz died under the care of the Redemptorist order he joined as a young man.Read More
You’ll find a story on the Goodspeed brothers in this week’s version of The Catholic Review. Now, get to know them individually. Here are some question and answers I did with David Goodspeed. Each of the quadruplets got the same questions, so it’s interesting to see some differences and similarities. Matt: What was it like...Read More
You’ll find a story on the Goodspeed brothers in this week’s version of The Catholic Review. Now, get to know them individually. Here are some question and answers I did with Patrick Goodspeed. Each of the quadruplets got the same questions, so it’s interesting to see some differences and similarities. Matt: How did your parents...Read More
You’ll find a story on the Goodspeed brothers in this week’s version of The Catholic Review. Now, get to know them individually. Here are some question and answers I did with William Goodspeed. Each of the quadruplets got the same questions, so it’s interesting to see some differences and similarities. Matt: What was it like...Read More
You’ll find a story on the Goodspeed brothers in this week’s version of The Catholic Review. Now, get to know them individually. Here are some question and answers I did with John Goodspeed. Each of the quadruplets got the same questions, so it’s interesting to see some differences and similarities. Matt: What was it like...Read More
The eight side entrance doorways at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen offer a offers a very good education in Catholic history and tradition. From “Who is God? God is the Creator of Heaven and Earth and all things,” to the “4 Cardinal Virtues – Prudence, Justice, Temperance and Fortitude,” these are some of the...Read More
Archbishop Philip M. Hannan as a seminarian at St. Charles College in Catonsville. (CR/File)A friend once referred to the late New Orleans Archbishop Philip M. Hannan as the “Forrest Gump of Catholicism.”Just like the Tom Hanks’ character, Archbishop Hannan always seemed to be at the right place at the rightRead More