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Welcome to a unique opportunity to visit the Religious Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen, also known as CMRI... (Read more.)
Upcoming Events
| March 11-13 | Vocations Weekend at St. Michael’s Convent |
| March 27 | Ordination to the Diaconate: Rev. Mr. Michael Oswalt |
| June 27 | Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help: Sisters’ Vows and Silver Jubilee Ceremonies at Mount St. Michael |
| June 29 | Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul: Ordinations at Mount St. Michael. Rev. Mr. Brandon Legg and Rev. Mr. Michael Oswalt will be ordained to the Holy Priesthood. |
What’s New
Additions to the Article Index:
• Perpetual Successors in the Primacy
• False Devotions: Dangers for Pious Souls
• Conformity to the Will of God
• The Human Stem Cell Controversy
• The Case of Galileo Galilei
• Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the Home
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Adsum Mater Dei Seminary’s free monthly newsletter: (Subscribe) Jan. 2011: Ordinations to Diaconate of Mr. Brandon Legg and to the Subdiaconate of Mr. Michael Oswalt; St. Ambrose’s discourse on St. Agnes; Moral Theology - Grouping of Mass Stipends; Two Stipends on Sunday? |
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Anima Mariae (Soul of Mary) CMRI Sisters’ free quarterly newsletter: (Subscribe) Winter 2010: Short stories, vocational column; calendar of events; convent “trivia”; photos — guests from Europe, visiting the sick, Colorado field trip, Christmas program rehearsal, etc. Next issue: early March. |
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The Reign of Mary CMRI’s quarterly magazine: (Subscribe) Issue No. 140 was mailed out in early December. Main feature articles: “Contraception: A Crime Against Nature and Against God,” and “Whom Can I Trust? The Danger of Untrained Theologians.” (Skip down to see full list of articles.) The next issue is scheduled to be mailed out in February. |
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2011 Traditional Catholic Calendar Full color Catholic calendar with beautiful pictures of famous Catholic paintings of Jesus, Mary and the saints. Includes Traditional Church feasts, days of fast and abstinence, Holy Days of Obligation. Also available: traditional Catholic planner. |
Of Special Interest
| The Annual Fatima Conference, with the theme “Ad Jesum per Mariam,” took place from Oct. 6-10. Use our online form to order recordings of lectures by Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas and several of the CMRI priests, Fr. Eugen Rissling from Germany (Keynote Address), Mr. Michael Oswalt, and Mr. Dale Ahlquist. |  |
Reclaiming a Hijacked Priesthood: 
Ordained in the modern Catholic Church in 2008, Michael Oswalt soon came to see that not only were his orders invalid, but that his Church was not truly the Catholic Church. Having received the Subdiaconate according to the traditional Catholic rite on January 18, Rev. Mr. Oswalt is now preparing for his priestly ordination, which will take place on June 29, 2011, at Mount St. Michael.
View Rev. Mr. Oswalt’s online interview (2009) His letter to the clergy of the diocese of Rockford, a superb explanation of why the modern Church is not truly the Catholic Church, was published in the Issue No. 138 of The Reign of Mary.
Also available: Feb. 2010 Talk at Mount St. Michael (CD)
“Reclaiming a Hijacked Priesthood: One Man’s Story” (CD)
| Traditional Catholic Books and Religious Goods: Browse through Mary Immaculate Queen Center, staffed by the CMRI Sisters, and see their comprehensive selection of traditional Catholic books, pamphlets and other reading material, as well as Catholic music and DVD’s, rosaries, scapulars, crucifixes and much more. Be sure to sign up for MIQ’s free mailing list so the Sisters can let you know about specials, new items, etc. |
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CMRI’s Quarterly Magazine: The Reign of Mary
• The Reign of Mary Issue No. 140 was mailed out on December . Included in this issue are the following articles:
° Contraception: A Crime Against Nature and Against God
The Primary Cause of Society’s Moral Decadence
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
If you drive through a typical American subdivision or other residential area on a Saturday or during the summer, what strikes you the most? For me, it is the absence of children. In those carefree days of my youth, we would spend the greater part of the day outdoors, often playing in the streets. But now, as you meander through the subdivision on a typical Saturday, you would be hard pressed to find any children....
° Whom Can I Trust?
The Danger of Untrained Theologians
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
...All human beings are prone to pride, and when a layman begins to develop a following, it is easy for pride to take over, blinding the misguided person as to his erroneous position. Certainly, priests also can be misled by pride, but the grace of their vocation, the training they have received, and the counsel of their bishop and fellow priests often prevent the type of errors that can afflict the lay theologian....
° Hernando Cortes, Conquistador of Christ
Part VIII: No Conspiracy So Secret
by Rev. Fr. Brendan Hughes, CMRI
Scarcely entering Tlaxcala, a hound scented 30 camouflaged spies, and the scouts advanced, intent on capturing one unharmed to gain information. But the Indians fought ably, wounding some of the horses with maquahuitl clubs edged in sharpened itztli stone. The Spaniards in turn killed five spies, but were drawn into an ambush of over 3,000 warriors who attacked as the remaining army came upon the scene....
° Engagement and Preparation for the Wedding
Building a Strong Foundation
by Rev. Fr. Francisco Radecki, CMRI
For centuries engagement has been a formal commitment and a pledge to marry. A ring is affectionately presented as a token of love and lifelong fidelity. This custom, dating back to early Roman times, signifies the couple’s intent to marry, finalized by the exchanging of rings on the wedding day....
° In Season—Out of Season
Keeping Sunday Holy
A Sermon by Rev. Fr. Gabriel Lavery, CMRI
On September 19, 1846, on Mount La Salette in the southern part of France, Our Lady appeared to two children, Melanie and Maximin. She was weeping and complained to them that her Son’s arm was so heavy that she could hardly prevent it from falling and crushing the world for its sins. She announced that punishments and evils would follow if men did not repent. She named three sins in particular that cause the anger of Heaven: blasphemy, the profanation of Sunday, and disregard for the Church’s laws of fasting and abstinence.
° Adoremus in Aeternum
A Study of the Traditional Latin Mass: Prayers after the Consecration
by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
After the Consecration of the bread and wine in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Our Lord Jesus Christ is present upon the altar, offering acts of adoration, thanksgiving, atonement and petition to His Heavenly Father for us. Our souls should therefore be filled with sentiments of adoration, gratitude and love. The priest’s index fingers and thumbs, which have held the Sacred Host, are kept together out of reverence for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament until the ablutions after Holy Communion....
° Respice Stellam Voca Mariam
The Necessity and Benefits of Studying Our Consecration to Mary
by Herbert Cardinal Vaughan
The sanctification of the soul is more dependent upon our Blessed Lady’s continuous care and maternal love than upon the influence of any other creature. As the Incarnation of the Son of God depended upon her goodwill and consent, so the elevation of man to a state of eternal beatitude depends upon her assistance. Mary is no less necessary to the redeemed than she was to the Redeemer; and theology tells us that she was necessary to Him by a necessity called hypothetical....
° Servus Mariae
The Purpose of Suffering and God's Will
by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
St. Louis Marie de Montfort speaks of Mary as being necessary in God’s plan of redemption. Now, of course, God is infinite and so there is no creature — not even the Blessed Virgin — who is absolutely necessary to Him. God alone is self-existing; supreme and infinitely perfect. From all eternity, therefore, He was perfectly content in contemplating Himself. God did not bring about creation as if He were deficient without the praises which creatures might offer Him.
° The World in Review (short news stories compiled by The Reign of Mary staff):
Benedict XVI Denies Resurrection of the Body
Religious in Australia Dying Out
Benedict XVI: Condoms Justifiable in Some Cases
College Insurance Forces Abortion Coverage
Church and Mosque Under One Roof
Clinton Pushes for Abortion Funding
Americans Outraged at New TSA Searches
Unholy Picnic Mass Approved by Cardinal Schonborn
Women Bishops and Ecclesiastical Communion?
Crypt of Roman Basilica Becomes Night Club
4 in 10 Say Marriage Becoming Obsolete
Man Jumps 39 Stories and Survives
50,000 Altar Servers Visit Rome — And Most are Girls
Korans Blessed on 9-11 in Cathedral
Benedict XVI Shakes Hands with Clergywoman
Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage
Dog Lifeguards in Ital
More US Nuns Over 90 Than Under 60
Morality of Euthanasia
