Articles & Essays
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A Truly Traditionalist Approach to Science
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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Comments on Communion and Stewardship in relation to the Traditional Catholic Doctrine of Creation
At the outset, it is important to remember that the ITC serves in an advisory role to the Vatican and…
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The Myth of the Natural Origin of Life
Arguments that are given for evolution include theological as well as scientific arguments. The arguments I shall present against evolution,…
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The Immaculate Conception and the Immaculate Creation
In 1858, on the eve of the publication of Charles Darwin’s book Origin of Species, the Queen of Prophets appeared…
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Blessed Nicolas Steno: A Patron Saint for Flood Geology
December 5 is the feast of Blessed Nicolas Steno (born Niels Steensen), who is known as one of the fathers…
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Latest Newsletters
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The Errors of Origen
Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Pax Christi! In this newsletter I would like to renew our appeal to our readers to find opportunities for Sister Rose Thumitho of the Little Sisters of St. Francis in Uganda to give presentations on her work with the poor and needy in Jinja, Uganda, and how it relates to the legacy of the…
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Truth vs. Sentimentality
Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Christ is risen! Alleluia! Almost every day I am brought to tears by the testimonies we receive from souls all over the world whose lives have been transformed by the traditional Catholic reading of the sacred history of Genesis. On the one hand they are tears of joy, especially when the testimonies overflow from…
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The Play’s The Thing
Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Christ is risen! Alleluia! In this newsletter I would like to invite you to watch the video of the play that our young (and old) attendees at last year’s leadership retreat performed on the life of Blessed Leonid Feodorov, the first Exarch of the Russian Catholic Church, who was prepared for that role by…
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The Original Splendor of Adam’s Nature
Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Christ is risen! Alleluia! I am delighted to be able to announce the availability of the condensed version of our DVD series “Foundations Restored” in DVD format with audio dubbing and subtitles in English, Spanish and French. My colleagues who worked on this project were definitely inspired, as they managed to pack all of…
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Divorce and Marriage
Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! In these holiest days of the liturgical year, we come face to face with the infinite love of our Heavenly Bridegroom who shed His last drop of Blood for each one of us, for our salvation and sanctification. The more we meditate on the sacred history of Genesis and the…
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Janice Money
As a child, I learned about evolution at school and in books. Therefore it had the stamp of authority and I believed it. At age 8, when I started Sunday School, I was given a Bible and first read Genesis. I was deeply impressed. How clever of God, I thought, to have managed to have His creation story written so that, at least in some respects, it matched the evolutionary story I already knew. Over the next 7 years I heard no hint from anyone at church that evolution might not be true. Indeed, as an exam prize I was given a book that promotes belief in theistic evolution. In its first 2 chapters my copy of “More Living Things for Lively Youngsters” describes the origin of the solar system and of life on earth in standard evolutionary terms. Mention of God is restricted to noting that the Bible says man was made from the dust of the earth, as though God used the evolution of life from non-living matter to make man. Two of my high school friends were from strongly atheist families. They argued that evolution proves that God is an unnecessary idea. I could see the logic …
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