May 24 – Our Lady Help of Christians, to commemorate the liberation of the Pope from prison

May 24, 2012

  This commemoration was introduced in the liturgical calendar by decree of Pope Pius VII on September 16, 1815, in thanksgiving for his happy return to Rome after a long and painful captivity in Savona and France due to Napoleon’s tyrannical power. By order of Napoleon, Pius VII was arrested, 5 July, 1808, and detained […]

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May 25 – She withstood the devil

May 24, 2012

St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi Carmelite Virgin, born 2 April, 1566; died 25 May, 1607. Of outward events there were very few in the saint’s life. She came of two noble families, her father being Camillo Geri de’ Pazzi and her mother a Buondelmonti. She was baptized, and named Caterina, in the great baptistery. Her […]

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Diamond Jubilee Military Parade

May 21, 2012

Read about the event here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9277114/For-Queen-and-country-Jubilee-celebration-begins-in-style.html Nobility.org Editorial Comment: — Regardless of a sovereign’s personal merits or faults, his office automatically makes him a symbol and a representative of the nation and its history. Thus, in saluting their Queen, the Royal Armed Forces are honoring  the best of their nation and its past. It is […]

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Meeting of Monarchs in England

May 21, 2012

Meeting of Monarchs in England Photo Gallery of Royalty Arriving for the Queen’s Jubilee Lunch http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/18/photo-gallery-dignitaries-arrive-at-windsor-castle-for-queens-jubilee-lunch/ Nobility.org Editorial Comment: — There is something excellent and sublime in monarchs being together. Representing as they do the best and noblest of their nations, their being together is a unity of perfections, of quintessences. This natural sublimity is […]

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May 22 – Queen’s Confessor

May 21, 2012

Blessed John Forest Born in 1471, presumably at Oxford, where his surname was then not unknown; suffered 22 May, 1538. At the age of twenty he received the habit of St. Francis at Greenwich, in the church of the Friars Minor of the Regular Observance, called for brevity’s sake “Observants”. Nine years later we find […]

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First trip overseas for Emperor Akihito after surgery

May 17, 2012

Japan Today – Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko left Tokyo on Wednesday to attend celebrations in London marking the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. It is the first trip overseas for the imperial couple since 2009. The 78-year-old emperor had heart bypass surgery in February but appears to be recovering well. Click here to […]

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The Breton fishermen called Empress Sisi the “Queen of Mercy”

May 17, 2012

During her short stay in Brittany the Empress literally showered kindnesses upon the families of many poor fishermen, whose thatch-roofed huts clustered so close to the cliffs that they seemed but larger birds’ nests clinging to the rocks for protection from the wind and weather; and although they did not know who their benefactress was, […]

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The formation of nations and regions

May 17, 2012

A nation is born when an ensemble of people, social groups, and associations dedicated to the private good—or cumulatively to the private and the common good—coalesce into a whole that is clearly distinct from everything outside it. It becomes a closed circuit of an ethnic, cultural, social, economic, and political character, and does not allow […]

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May 19 – Charlemagne’s Scholar

May 17, 2012

Blessed Alcuin of York An eminent educator, scholar, and theologian born about 735; died 19 May, 804. He came of noble Northumbrian parentage, but the place of his birth is a matter of dispute. It was probably in or near York. While still a mere child, he entered the cathedral school founded at that place […]

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May 19 – He Grabbed the Devil By the Nose

May 17, 2012

St. Dunstan of Canterbury Archbishop and confessor, and one of the greatest saints of the Anglo-Saxon Church; born near Glastonbury on the estate of his father, Heorstan, a West Saxon noble. His mother, Cynethryth, a woman of saintly life, was miraculously forewarned of the sanctity of the child within her. She was in the church […]

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Luxembourg Royal Family on pilgrimage to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted

May 14, 2012

Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg attended a Pontifical Mass as part of the commemorations of the Octave. Then, in the afternoon, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke, Prince Félix, Prince Louis, Princess Alexandra and Princess Tessy, they attended the closing ceremony of the Octave in the […]

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St. Joan of Arc: the prophetic voice that saved France

May 14, 2012

To proclaim her authority Joan dictated a letter to the English. Far from arguing the disputed question of the king’s right to the kingdom of France, the letter declared that those rights had come from God, who was openly supporting the king through His envoy, the Maid. “Jhesus Maria… “King of England and you, Duke […]

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The Telegraph: Scotland referendum on monarchy or republic

May 14, 2012

Christine Grahame, the convener of Holyrood’s justice committee, said the party has pledged to hold a public vote on a separate Scotland having a “full-blown monarchy, an edited version or go for a republic”. “ I have no problems with that, being a wholehearted democrat,” she wrote. …Nationalists published a draft written constitution for an […]

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The Important Role of Elites at the Service of Society by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

May 14, 2012

Speech of May 6, 1968 My friends, at this lecture organized by the Argentine Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, I have a word to say to you as President of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property on the topic covered by this audiovisual presentation. History has […]

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May 16 – Patron of Poland

May 14, 2012

Saint Andrew Bobola Martyr, born of an old and illustrious Polish family, in the Palatinate of Sandomir, 1590; died at Janów, 16 May, 1657. Having entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Wilno (1611), he was ordained in 1622, and appointed preacher in the Church of St. Casimir, Wilno. After making his solemn […]

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Pro Europa Christiana Federation interview with Duke Paul of Oldenburg

May 10, 2012

Duke Paul of Oldenburg is a member of the German TFP and director of the Brussels Bureau of the Pro Europa Christiana Federation. An agronomist, he descends from two of the most illustrious royal houses of Germany. His paternal forefathers were sovereigns of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in northern Germany and married over the […]

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Prayer and simplicity in the life of Emperor Franz Josef

May 10, 2012

Franz Josef was an institution: millions of his subjects had never known any other monarch and he was an unchanging face on the European scene. His own way of living and working exemplified a notion of order and a commitment to the self-discipline and moral dedication on which he sought to base his rule. He […]

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Recipe – The Roll In Honor of a Kaiser

May 10, 2012

Who does not appreciate a warm Kaiser roll with their morning coffee? This tasty roll goes by several names including Imperial, Vienna and Emperor Roll. All of them, however, respect its origins. In 1850, Austrian bakers introduced a roll to Viennese society that was made of high quality flour fermented with yeast, as usual, but […]

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May 10 – Saint Damien: A Hero Who Died on the Battlefield of Honor

May 10, 2012

Written by Norman Fulkerson A portrait of young Father Damien in 1868. Born Joseph de Veuster in Tremelo, Belgium, he took the religious name of Damien when he joined the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.   There are few places on Earth more beautiful than Hawaii. While this idyllic paradise may […]

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May 12 – Would you accept the crowns of England, France and the Holy Roman Empire? She said no

May 10, 2012

Blessed Joanna of Portugal Born at Lisbon, 16 February, 1452; died at Aveiro, 12 May, 1490; the daughter of Alfonso V, King of Portugal, and his wife Elizabeth. She was chiefly remarkable for the courage and persistence with which she opposed all attempts on the part of her father and brother to make her marry.  […]

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5 New Desktop Wallpapers

May 7, 2012

To add any of these desktop wallpapers to your computer, click on the size that you want for that image and save it to your computer. Then right-click on the desktop – select Properties from the context menu – go the Desktop tab – Browse and open the image you made – position the image (Center, […]

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St. Joan of Arc 600 years later

May 7, 2012

May 2, 2012, Orleans, France – Looking appropriately cinematic, the Loire River swarmed with wooden boats carrying locals in medieval garb on Tuesday, reenacting Joan of Arc’s famous entry into the city in 1429. Later in the week, a medieval market will be the scene of period cuisine and music, while a sound and light […]

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Video: The Queen arrives at Sherborne Abbey during royal visit to Dorset

May 7, 2012

  Thousands of people lined the streets around Sherborne Abbey this morning to welcome the Queen to Dorset. Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh were visiting the town to start the South West leg of their Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK. http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/Video-Queen-arrives-Sherborne-Abbey-royal-visit/story-15969599-detail/story.html

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Post-Napoleonic Paris’s enthusiasm at the triumphal entry of its prince

May 7, 2012

The Countess de Marigny, sister of François-René de Chateaubriand, was in Paris in 1814, when the Allies entered the city. She took notes, day by day, in thin notebooks, of the news and noise bruited about the capital. When one notebook was filled she sent it to her relatives in Brittany. These notebooks have just […]

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Marie Antoinette was destroyed after she had reformed her ways

May 7, 2012

The moment chosen for this ill-will towards Marie Antoinette was the very one when she had abandoned these faults and had become serious and exemplary…. So long as Marie Antoinette was frivolous and was guilty, not of real faults, but of imprudent actions, she was the recipient of general flattery and admiration. But so soon […]

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Chivalry and family heroes helped shape Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

May 3, 2012

It was after his aunt read him Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe that he ultimately revealed the great effect her instruction was having. He [George S. Patton, Jr.] confided to her that he’d written a poem—in his head, for he still couldn’t write. Astonished, she transcribed his recitation with the reverent wonder of a medium receiving […]

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Aristocracy and Grandeur

May 3, 2012

The aristocrat will only fulfill his vocation when he has a clear idea of the grandeur of his country and is willing to represent it in his person. Many historical facts serve to symbolize American grandeur. One is the famous flag-raising at Iwo Jima. We may also point to such embodiments of grandeur as generals […]

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May 3 – Sword-bearer to the Emperor

May 3, 2012

St. Ansfried of Utrecht Ansfried (aka Ansfridus or Aufridus) was born ca. 940, and died May 3, 1010 near Leusden.) He was a nobleman in the Holy Roman Empire and sword-bearer for Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. Till 995 he was Count of Huy, then he became bishop of Utrecht. He is also the founder […]

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The Carthusian Martyrs – Third and Fourth Groups and the Lone Survivor

May 3, 2012

The Third Group The next move was to seize four more monks of community, two being taken to the Carthusian house at Beauvale in Nottinghamshire, while Dom John Rochester and Dom James Walworth were taken to the Charterhouse of St. Michael in Hull in Yorkshire. They were made an “example” of on 11 May 1537, […]

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May 6 – Prince, priest, pioneer

May 3, 2012

Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin Prince, priest, and missionary, born at The Hague, Holland, 22 December, 1770; died at Loretto, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 6 May, 1840. He was a scion of one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most illustrious families of Russia. His father, Prince Demetrius Gallitzin (d. 16 March, 1803), Russian ambassador to Holland at the time […]

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Choice in Liechtenstein: Abortion or royal family?

April 30, 2012

Liechtenstein’s hereditary Prince Alois is threatening that he and his ruling family will step down if a referendum eliminated his power to veto laws is passed. “The royal family is not willing to undertake its political responsibilities unless the prince… has the necessary tools at his disposal,” Alois said in a speech to parliament on […]

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The death of Bayard, the Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche

April 30, 2012

When the news was spread abroad through the two armies that the good Chevalier had been killed, or at least wounded to death (even in the camp of the Spanish, although he was the one man in the world of whom they had the greatest fear), all men, both gentlemen and soldiers, were exceedingly grieved […]

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The American Paradox

April 30, 2012

American society is oriented by two fundamental but antithetical principles, the principle of equality and the principle of inequality.[1] The coexistence of a commonly held democratic and egalitarian mythology with the commonly lived hierarchical reality creates a dilemma, which the simple affirmation of the inevitable existence of inequalities does not eliminate. Such a dichotomy between […]

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April 30 – Crusader Pope

April 30, 2012

Pope Saint Pius V Born at Bosco, near Alexandria, Lombardy, 17 Jan., 1504 elected 7 Jan., 1566; died 1 May, 1572. Being of a poor though noble family his lot would have been to follow a trade, but he was taken in by the Dominicans of Voghera, where he received a good education and was […]

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May 2 – Two sisters of this medieval princess were also saints

April 30, 2012

St. Mafalda of Portugal In the year 1215, at the age of eleven, Princess Mafalda (i.e. Matilda), daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal, was married to her kinsman King Henry I of Castile, who was like herself a minor. The marriage was annulled the following year on the ground of the consanguinity of the […]

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Engagement Announcement of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg

April 26, 2012

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, have the great pleasure to announce the engagement of their son, HRH Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke, with the Countess Stephanie de Lannoy. The date of the wedding is not yet announced. Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy, aged 28, comes from an […]

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Picture gallery of the spectacular Royal Barge

April 26, 2012

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh braved heavy rain and driving winds to name a spectacular barge built to mark the Jubilee. The royal couple travelled to the East London dock where Gloriana is currently moored, awaiting the moment when it will make its way to Wandsworth Bridge on the Thames from where it […]

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Royal Wedding dress sparks fashion change in Catholic ceremonies

April 26, 2012

Kate Middleton’s long-sleeved wedding gown was the catalyst that showed the world how a bride can be both beautiful and modest. “It was the perfect storm. Brides were looking for something different, and designers were ready for a change,” says Josie Daga, founder of the resale-wedding-dress site PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com. “This beautiful, iconic princess wears a dress […]

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General MacArthur confronts President Roosevelt to save the U.S. Army

April 26, 2012

At the end of April 1933 MacArthur appeared before the House Military Affairs Committee to oppose a bill that would have placed a large number of regular officers on a forced furlough list…. Patiently MacArthur restated his arguments: “The foundation of our National Defense system is the Regular Army, and the foundation of the Regular […]

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Forms of Government: Abstract Principles and Their Influence in the Formation of a Political Mentality

April 26, 2012

It seems particularly fitting to raise some consideration regarding the pontifical documents and teachings of Saint Thomas on the forms of government included in this work [Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites].   The Concrete Usefulness of the Abstract Principles First, a reflection: These documents enunciate mainly abstract principles. Yet, many people today consider abstractions to […]

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April 26 – Mother of Good Counsel, who inspired the Albanians to resist the Turks

April 26, 2012

January of 1467 saw the death of the last great Albanian leader, George Castriota, better known as Scanderbeg. Raised by an Albanian chief, he placed himself at the head of his own people. Subsequently, Scanderbeg inflicted stunning defeats on the Turkish army and occupied fortresses all over Albania. With Scanderbeg’s death, the Turkish army, finally […]

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April 27 – Noble Model of Confidence

April 26, 2012

Peter Armengol was born in Guárdia dels Prats, a small village in the archdiocese of Tarragon, Spain in 1238. He belonged to the house of the barons of Rocafort, descendants of the counts of Urgel, whose ancestors were directly linked to the counts of Barcelona and the monarchs of Aragon and Castile. From Brigand to […]

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Video – United Kingdom gun salute for the Queen’s birthday

April 23, 2012

The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired the salute at noon in Hyde Park while several other military bases across the country also carried out the tradition in honour of the Queen’s birthday. The custom dates back to the early days of sail when ships visiting foreign ports would discharge their guns before entering, proving […]

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Madame Elisabeth: the princess who confronted a Revolution

April 23, 2012

Just when a thunderstorm is about to begin, the reader may have noticed a bird seeking refuge under the branches of a tree which the lightning threatens; this dove is like the young royal maiden, who, when the Revolution broke out, was living calmly and happily at Montreuil, an angel of innocence and virtue, whose […]

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The Familial Character of Feudal Government—The King: The Father of His People

April 23, 2012

To illustrate well the familial character of the feudal government, it is advantageous to transcribe a passage from the substantial work L’Esprit Familial dans la Maison, dans la Cité et dans l’Etat [The Familial Spirit in the Home, in the City, and in the State], by Msgr. Henri Delassus, which describes the origins of that […]

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April 23 – The Original Knight in Shining Armor

April 23, 2012

St. George Martyr, patron of England, suffered at or near Lydda, also known as Diospolis, in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine. According to the very careful investigation of the whole question recently instituted by Father Delehaye, the Bollandist, in the light of modern sources of information, the above statement sums up all that […]

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April 23 – Noble Bohemian

April 23, 2012

St. Adalbert of Bohemia Born 939 of a noble Bohemian family; died 997. He assumed the name of the Archbishop Adalbert (his name had been Wojtech), under whom he studied at Magdeburg. He became Bishop of Prague, whence he was obliged to flee on account of the enmity he had aroused by his efforts to […]

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Don John of Austria was loved as a father by his soldiers and sailors

April 19, 2012

[Don John of Austria’s] sure, sound judgment, his prudence in deciding, his frankness and courage in performing, and his firmness and energy in reprimanding and punishing revealed to all in the new leader the not unworthy son of Charles V; and his noble magnanimity towards the vanquished, his gracious compassion for the unfortunate, and his […]

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Christian Equality Does Not Suppress the Differences Among Men, but Makes of the Variety of Conditions an Admirable Harmony

April 19, 2012

From Leo XIII’s encyclical Humanum genus against Freemasonry of April 20, 1884, we draw the following passage: “Not without cause do We use this occasion to state again what We have stated elsewhere, namely, that the Third Order of Saint Francis…should be studiously promoted and sustained. “Among the many benefits to be expected from it […]

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April 19 – As pope, he led his army against the Normans

April 19, 2012

Pope St. Leo IX Pope St. Leo IX earnestly spread the Cluny reform Born at Egisheim, near Colmar, on the borders of Alsace, 21 June, 1002, Pope St. Leo IX died on 19 April, 1054. He belonged to a noble family which had given or was to give saints to the Church and rulers to […]

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April 21 – The Noble Saint who tamed William the Conqueror, abolished slavery in England, and founded Scholasticism; his prayer to Saint Mary Magdalene

April 19, 2012

Saint Anselm, Confessor, Archbishop Of Canterbury (A. D. 1109) If the Norman conquerors stripped the English nation of its liberty and many temporal advantages, it must be owned that by their valor they raised the reputation of its arms and deprived their own country of its greatest men, both in church and state, with whom […]

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The Catholic Kings’ demand for payment of tribute arrears is rebuffed by Muley Abul Hassan, King of Granada

April 16, 2012

The flagrant want of faith of Muley Abul Hassan in fulfilling treaty stipulations, passed unresented during the residue of the reign of Henry the Impotent, and the truce was tacitly continued without the enforcement of tribute, during the first three years of the reign of his successors, Ferdinand and Isabella, of glorious and happy memory, […]

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The Elitist School: The discrediting of the liberal myth

April 16, 2012

Influenced by this American myth, sociologists and historians formerly simply closed their eyes to the existence of elites in our country. Vance Packard, one of the oldest representatives of what came to be known as the elitist school, writes: “Until recently, even sociologists had shrunk away from a candid exploration of social class in America. […]

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April 17 – The Cistercian Founder and Its Orders of Chivalry

April 16, 2012

St. Robert of Molesme Born about the year 1029, at Champagne, France, of noble parents who bore the names of Thierry and Ermengarde; died at Molesme, 17 April, 1111. When fifteen years of age, he commenced his novitiate in the Abbey of Montier-la-Celle, or St. Pierre-la-Celle, situated near Troyes, of which he became later prior. […]

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April 17 – One of the many nobles who spread the Cluny reform

April 16, 2012

St. Robert Founder of the Abbey of Chaise-Dieu in Auvergne, born at Aurilac, Auvergne, about 1000; died in Auvergne, 1067. On his father’s side he belonged to the family of the Counts of Aurilac, who had given birth to St. Géraud. He studied at Brioude near the basilica of St-Julien, in a school open to […]

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Announcement – Holy Mass, Veneration of the Relic of Blessed Karl of Austria, Luncheon and Speaker

April 12, 2012

Sunday, 29 April 2012 2:00 PM (Holy Rosary and Confessions begin at 1:30 PM)St. Titus Church 952 Franklin Avenue Aliquippa, PA 15001 Celebrant: Canon Jean-Marie Moreau of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest Featuring the Duquesne University Mary Pappert School of Music Schola Cantorum Under the Direction of Sr. Marie Agatha Ozah, HHCJ […]

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Don John of Austria runs away from Court to join the Spanish fleet headed to the relief of Malta

April 12, 2012

There was nothing else talked of at the Court, or in the town, but the formidable attack of the Turks on the island of Malta, and the heroic defense made by the old Master of the Order, Jean Parissot de la Valette. The leader of the strong Ottoman squadron was Admiral Pialy, with those two […]

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Alexis de Tocqueville’s unilateral vision of America

April 12, 2012

Part of this unilateral [egalitarian] interpretation of the American reality comes from the exegesis liberal scholars made of the work of Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859). This young French aristocrat visited the United States between 1831 and 1832. In 1835 he published his celebrated work Democracy in America, which quickly became the classic reference book for […]

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April 13 – The Prince Who Defied His Family

April 12, 2012

St. Hermengild Date of birth unknown; died 13 April, 585. Leovigild, the Arian King of the Visigoths (569-86), had two sons, Hermengild and Reccared, by his first marriage with the Catholic Princess Theodosia. Hermengild married, in 576, Ingundis, a Frankish Catholic princess, the daughter of Sigebert and Brunhilde. Led by his own inclination, and influenced […]

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April 14 – She suffered for the moral corruption and decay of her time

April 12, 2012

Saint Lydwine In 1380, Saint Lydwine was born in the small town of Schiedam in Holland. Her father was a wealthy noble named Peter, and her mother was from a poor family who worked their own farm. Her father’s family lost their fortune, and the whole family was reduced to poverty. At that time, all […]

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