A recent article on the Crisis Magazine website questioned whether the traditional Biblical chronology of the world and the geocentric-geostatic…
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Read More »Arguments that are given for evolution include theological as well as scientific arguments. The arguments I shall present against evolution,…
Read More »In 1858, on the eve of the publication of Charles Darwin’s book Origin of Species, the Queen of Prophets appeared…
Read More »December 5 is the feast of Blessed Nicolas Steno (born Niels Steensen), who is known as one of the fathers…
Read More »Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! My wife and I recently returned from our annual visit to one of our daughters who is a member of the Benedictines of Mary, a wonderful congregation, full of joyful, dedicated, faithful, obedient, and charitable Brides of Christ who fully embrace the traditional reading of the sacred history of Genesis.…
Read More »Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center Glory to Jesus Christ! The Holy Catholic Church recently celebrated the feast of St. Ephraim the Syrian, Doctor of the Church. Although St. Ephraim was never raised above the rank of deacon, St. Basil the Great extolled the profundity of his understanding of the Hebrew text of Genesis: From him [St. Ephraim] he [St.…
Read More »Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! In this newsletter, I would like to highlight the fact that the true Catholic doctrine of creation is not only the foundation of our Faith; it is also the foundation for all effective evangelization, including the evangelization of Muslims. As an example of how the doctrines derived from the sacred…
Read More »Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! We are rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Kolbe Center when bureaucrats in Richmond, Virginia, incorporated us on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, our principal patroness, in the Jubilee Year 2000. Since that day, by the grace of God, with the help of the whole…
Read More »Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! In our previous newsletter, we commented on the similarity between the current crisis of faith and morals and the situation that existed in Jerusalem prior to the destruction of Solomon’s Temple and the Babylonian Captivity. As we have documented elsewhere, “collective amnesia” in regard to the sacred history of Genesis…
Read More »Dear Mr. Owen, It is amazing how much miraculous work I have seen God do. I came back to a relationship with Christ just over five years ago, in March 2001, at 23 years old — I will be 29 this July 27th. Before this I was heavily into drinking and other addictions, and quite depressed, but I never convinced myself to be an atheist, and I knew that something supernatural was going on because I never got into as much trouble as I should have done!! After my conversion, over time, and after jumping from one evangelical community to another, I wondered if any church could ever be my true home. It was at this time that I began to investigate the Catholic Church. I was working at Teletech in my city of Sudbury at the time, (I am now in university) and a Catholic coworker of mine supported me in my new relationship with the Lord. He invited me to the Catholic charismatic prayer group where he played the keyboard, and while I was going to this group I began to notice differences between Protestant belief and the Catholic Faith, especially in regard to the Holy Eucharist and …
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