Tag Archives: culture

Election Day Thoughts

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“Cultures are constituted by the union of the living and the dead in rituals of living memory. Never before … has the authority of the past been sacrificed with a more conscious effort of forgetfulness. Forgetfulness is now the curricular … Continue reading →

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Memory and Tradition

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“The appeal to tradition is not a mere remembrance of the past; it involves rather the recognition of a cultural heritage which belongs to all of humanity. Indeed it may be said that it is we who belong to the … Continue reading →

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Had Enough…?

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Gil Bailie

“It is one and the same movement which makes people no longer believe in the Republic and no longer believe in God, no longer want to lead a republican life, and no longer want to lead a Christian life, they … Continue reading →

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The Cost (and Benefit) of Discipleship

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Gil Bailie

“It is precisely the hard truths of our faith, those which the culture ignores and even despises, that have the greatest power to move people to conversion and be transformed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Indeed, only this has … Continue reading →

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Message in a bottle….

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Gil Bailie

Ten years ago Gil Bailie spent time reading University of Pennsylvania scholar Philip Rieff’s works with the following results… To Whom It May Concern: [To European culture today — while it can still be spoken of in the singular — … Continue reading →

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A Look Back At – Tradition

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Gil Bailie

          The word “tradition” and the word “treason” come from the same root. The very name “modernity” self-consciously used to describe the period of the last several centuries in Western cultural history clearly exemplifies the spirit … Continue reading →

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Truth? What is truth…

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“That a man should think he’s Napoleon, or that he’s a woman, may be no surprise, for humans may imagine a wide range of implausible things. But that the claim should be credited, without challenge, as a truth, offers yet … Continue reading →

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It can be done.

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Gil Bailie

“They had been men of little faith, with their continual questioning and their childish egotism; but now they went out into the civilized world full of the spirit of self-sacrifice and strong in soul. And they carried the new fire … Continue reading →

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Gender Fluidity…

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

In an earlier Facebook post about the financial pressure the Obama administration exerted on a Virginia school board to coax it into adopting a transgender policy, my old friend Fr. John Braun commented: “That’s as insane as insane gets.” Turns … Continue reading →

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Blackmail…

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“The consequences of the board’s decision are clear: Boys who think or feel they are girls will be allowed to use restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex. If the board follows the example of Minnesota, schools would have … Continue reading →

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