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Gee, I wonder what I reviewed for Aleteia this week? Probably some small independent drama about transsexual Muslim immigrants trying to run a health food store in the deep south, right? Sorry, I’m afraid not, although the movie I saw…

For Aleteia this week, I reviewed The Purge, a potentially nice little siege movie that quickly became weighted down by an over-bloated sense of self-importance. Still, the idea that the government would legalize all crime for a 12 hour period…

The Russian Academy of Art in Florence 

I have just been given information about a school that teaches the traditional academic method according that  which developed in Russia in the 19th century, which seems to be a place that Catholics…

Look at this photograph of St Clare’s in Assisi, which is top in the series of photographs below, and at the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe New Mexico, which is second. The first is 13th century…

Schubert Soothes Savages, Becalms Beasts and Subdues Students (Throwing Food) – the Evidence is Here

by David Clayton June 7, 2013

As another in an occasional series that just relates pieces of music that had a great effect on me  I offer Schubert’s Impromptu Op 90 No4. I was a student at Oxford when I first heard this. It was at…

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THINGS TO COME: ANTI-CHRISTIAN FILM FESTIVAL

by David June 5, 2013

With all the real (and often deadly) persecution of Christians going on in places like Asia and the Middle east right now, it seems almost trivial to complain about a bynch of stupid movies mocking my religion. But, you know,…

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Gardens in Berkeley, California

by David Clayton June 4, 2013

Here are some photos of ordinary gardens in Berkeley, California. I was visiting recently and just took these snaps as I wandered around the town. Berkeley has a temperate microclimate and so has a long growing season and very little…

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A Single Mathematical System that Unifies Liturgy and Physics – and Removes Wave Particle Duality

by David Clayton May 31, 2013

Are there any mathematicians out there who can tell me if this is nonesense? It might turn the whole of science upside down.
I recently did a posting about how the passage through sacred time might be viewed as a…

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How To Choose a Painting for Catechesis

by David Clayton May 28, 2013

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The following article is written by Dr Caroline Farey and John Casey and of the Maryvale Institute and first appeared in The Sower, which is published by the Maryvale institute and distributed in both the UK and the UK.…

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THE B-MOVIE CATECHISM: THE B-LIST: QUESTIONABLE MUSICAL MOMENTS #14 – THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE

by David May 27, 2013

Today is the birthday of one of our favorite actors here at the B-Movie Catechism, Sir Christopher Lee. And what better way to celebrate than to enjoy a clip from one of his most frightening performances. Which one is it,…

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