Revisiting the Treaty of Lisbon

September 2, 2009
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In the wake of last year’s referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, the whole world, and especially the Europhile academia tried to figure out why this nation of superstitious peasants couldn’t just do what we were told and vote “Yes.” Our media and the opposition parties blamed the government, as if the government could have [...]

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Nine Reasons Why a Conscientious Catholic Citizen Should Reject the Treaty of Lisbon

August 31, 2009
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The violation of non-negotiable principles raises a grave question of conscience for Irish Catholics
Irish Catholic lay people cannot remain neutral about the Treaty of Lisbon. The texts proposed for our approval violate, among other things, the three non-negotiable values that Pope Benedict XVI underlined in a recent speech to representatives of an important European political [...]

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XXI Century Crusade

August 24, 2009
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Medieval Crusaders shed their blood to free the Sepulchre of Our Lord Jesus Christ from the hands of the infidels and to establish a Christian kingdom in the Holy Land.
Today the blood of Catholics still flows — in Communist China, the Sudan, Cuba, and many other countries where religious persecutions continue to claim the lives [...]

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Call to Chivalry Bulletin – August, 2009

August 15, 2009
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A Call to Chivalry in Ireland
From July 19th to July 25th Irish Society for Christian Civilisation hosted its third Summer Camp for fathers and sons.  The program was held once again on the grounds of the beautiful and majestic Mount St. Joseph’s Cistercian Abbey in Roscrea. As in previous camps the course entailed outings to [...]

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The Allure of Lourdes

August 9, 2009
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by John Horvat
As I sat down in the train for the final leg of my trip to Lourdes, I could not help but reflect that this was a trip repeated so many times by tens of millions of pilgrims from all over the world over the last 150 years. They had made this same trip. [...]

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Lisbon: The Nation Devouring Hydra

August 4, 2009
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On July 15, The Irish Times published an opinion piece written by Green Party Senator and Spokeswoman, Déirdre de Búrca titled: “Lisbon Yes will make EU fit for global challenges.”  In it, she argues that The Lisbon Treaty is essential to empower the European Union so it can act effectively on the global scene.
Her opinion [...]

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The Book of Confidence

July 18, 2009
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About the Author
Fr. Raymond Thomas de Saint- Laurent, descended from an ancient and noble family of southern France, was born in Lyons on May 7, 1879. Ordained in 1909, he led a productive priestly life, quickly distinguishing himself as a preacher and writer and carrying out prodigious apostolic activity.
Appointed to head the parish of Saint [...]

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The Rosary: Great Weapon of the Twenty First Century

July 13, 2009
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Irish Society for Christian Civilisation would like to thank the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property for permission to re-publish the contents of the book: The Rosary: GreatWeapon of the Twentieth Century, originally published by them in 1987.
Ireland Needs Fatima is a special project of Irish Society for Christian Civilisation, to [...]

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The Way of the Cross

July 13, 2009
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by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Sorrowful Mother, in these times wherein the immense majority of men flee from the sacrifice inherent to perfect fulfilment of all the commandments and counsels of thy Divine Son, obtain for all those who meditate on this Way of the Cross the necessary strength for each to carry his cross to [...]

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