An Opportunity to Make Things Right

http://m.ctpost.com/opinion/article/A-young-man-grabs-opportunity-to-do-right-7080092.php

Good Friday Procession at Iglesia de la Veracruz

Following our tradition, the offices of Good Friday and the procession of the holy funeral will be held, as every year, the next day, March 25 at 18:30 hours at the Iglesia de la Veracruz.

Chartres Pilgrimage 2016

A short preview of the Chartres pilgrimage this year. 

http://youtu.be/utj7HzlirtI

Iglesia de la Vera Cruz of the SMOM in Segovia, Spain

The Iglesia de la Vera Cruz or Church of the Holy Cross in Segovia, Spain was originally built by the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher in the 13th century. It was passed to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem on September 23, 1531 and now remains in it's possession.

Story on the Order of Malta from France

A nice, quasi-vintage video on the Order of Malta with some historic footage from 1999 and the anniversary of the founding of the Order which took place on Malta, including a glimpse of the late Fra Freddie. There is also some footage from inside the Magistral Palace with the late Grand Master Fra Andrew Bertie. It also highlights some of the work of the Order in France. Although it is in French the video is still interesting to watch.

Carmelite Vocation Prayer Drive

The Vocations Prayer Drive Begins! from Carmelite Sisters on Vimeo.

Grand Master SMOM's Christmas Message

http://www.orderofmalta.int/2015/12/22/grand-masters-christmas-message-4/

Bonaguil - Le Dernier Château Fort

https://youtu.be/Hn2_ONm_SFs LE CHEMIN DE RONDE. Le château de Bonaguil est un des derniers châteaux
forts construits. Son nom signifie bonne aiguille et désigne le site
défensif : un promontoire rocheux et escarpé de calcaire, convenant
parfaitement à l'établissement d'un château fort.

Architecture of the Mass: Early History of the Mass: Fr Lang

St. Thomas Aquinas, Thoughts on the Refugee Crisis

Great article. Note especially the comment about how the Good Samaritan puts his "neighbor" in a hotel, not in his home.

What’s our Catholic Response? The Samaritan Uses the Hotel We Christians should be generous with humanitarian aid toward Muslims and all people. We should send money and resources to those who have been dispossessed. We should be loving and generous with Muslims. Kindness brings about conversion and understanding. We should also try to topple the Islamic State and eradicate terrorism in our lands and in the Islamic lands. Remember the Good Samaritan! He did not take the roadside victim home with him. Rather, the Good Samaritan put the victim up in a hotel and paid for him to get better.

The Good Samaritan was good and commended by Christ. The Good Samaritan did the right thing: humanitarian aid. We are not required by Christ to take victims that oppose our faith and our way of life and make them into our political heirs. We are not required to take them into our homes. But we are obliged to help them. And if terrorists use our charity as a pretense to hurt us, then, as Thomas Aquinas says, they should be swiftly destroyed.

Read the whole article here, Islamic Refugee Crisis: Good Samaritan or Maccabean Response? Or both - Taylor Marshall What would Saint Thomas Aquinas say about the Refugee Crisis?