Peter Kwasniewski
@DrKwasniewski
Traditional Catholic writer, speaker, publisher, editor, singer, composer. Writes Tradition & Sanity Substack. "Adorate Dominum in decore sancto" (1 Chr 16:29)
Today begins my trip to Spain where (Deo volente) I will deliver six lectures in as many cities and then join nearly 2,000 Spaniards in a walking pilgrimage to the great Asturian shrine of Covadonga, whence the Reconquista began. A tightly-packed schedule (I'll be driving from…
Today I conclude my discussion of children and the TLM by looking at two distinct aspects of improving a child’s hold on the Mass and the Mass’s hold on the child: remote preparation (what we do at home), and proximate preparation (what we do at church). traditionsanity.com/p/helping-chil…
En preparación para mi viaje a España, el sitio web InfoVaticana me pidió una entrevista exclusiva. ¡Lea, disfrute y comparta! "El conocido autor tradicionalista ofrece su opinión sobre la presencia del tradicionalismo en España, lo que habría que hacer con Amoris Laetitia y el…
« The old rite truly involves the faithful in a very profound way. It is more demanding and more fulfilling. There is more to know, to ponder, to wonder about, to admire, to lose oneself in. I believe that wherever the faithful discover (or rediscover) the old rite, they come…
Today at Tradition & Sanity, I continue my discussion of why the TLM is important for children in particular. What do they (and we) learn from it? We learn that the Mass is a solemn, serious business. We learn that Christ is the source of our unity and community. We learn that…
Today, of course, on July 16th, everyone will be talking about the falsehoods at the core of 'Traditionis Custodes,' now four years old and already ripe for retirement. Yet what about the falsehoods that are repeated and inculcated every day by the celebration of the Novus Ordo?…
I once received a letter from a religious superior who explained that his community had been quietly integrating the traditional Latin Mass into its life, with several younger members learning the Mass and beginning to delve into the breviary. All were benefiting from it, but…
A new series, the Os Justi Studies in Liturgical History and Reform, under the general editorship of Matthew Hazell, has just been launched with its first volume—by far the most ambitious project Os Justi Press has yet undertaken: the first English translation of Jean-Baptiste Le…
God bless the proponents of the ROTR. So much good will and so much naivete, surrounded by pious piffle about obedience (to what exactly?) and patience (after how many decades of seesawing between idealistic aspirations and dashed hopes, Vatican promises and local reversals?).…
Today we begin a three-part series on children and the TLM: why it's good for them, why parents should prioritize it for their sake (not to mention their own!), and how to prepare the young remotely and proximately for fruitful participation. traditionsanity.com/p/raised-in-th…
Me complace anunciar la publicación, por parte de Os Justi Press, de la edición en español de uno de los mejores libros jamás escritos sobre la historia de la Iglesia moderna: "El Fénix Renaciente: Construcción, destrucción y restauración de la Tradición católica," de H. J. A.…
In this lecture, I explain how authentic Catholic culture flows from the Holy Mass and why the traditional liturgy is the beating heart of Western civilization. From Gothic cathedrals down to hearth and home, everything in Christian society exists to "foster and protect the holy…
In this week's roundup at Tradition & Sanity: more revelations from Montagna; Grillmeister enters; AI idiocy; irrepressible Tradition; obedience... to what?; new poetry; good news; and more traditionsanity.com/p/dr-ks-weekly…
"The Catholic Church on earth has a priest problem. A big one. Over the last five decades, America has lost 40% of its priests. France ordains fewer men each year than most suburbs produce high school graduates. German seminaries remain largely empty. Ireland struggles to fill…