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Andrew Bartel is a lay Dominican of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. He lives with his wife and their three children in Montana, where he works as a glazier. He is also pursuing a degree in English and Philosophy.
The Dispatch

Contemplating the chessboard of Church history

July 9, 2023 Andrew Bartel 4

Clues and evidence of historical events are everywhere. Sometimes we forget that history isn’t confined to textbooks; its influences and repercussions are all around us, from the floor plans of our homes, to the roads […]

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Answering Six Objections from the SSPX

March 14, 2023 Andrew Bartel 250

Bishop Athanasius Schneider has recently thrown down the glove in an interview with LifeSiteNews, claiming that those of us who believe the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is still in schism have “a very […]

Features

Opinion: In defense of Bishop Austin Vetter

February 15, 2022 Andrew Bartel 77

In Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, Private Desmond Doss makes this iconic remark: “With the world so set on tearing itself apart, don’t seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a […]

Features

Why I left the Society of St. Pius X: An Open Letter to Fr. Gołaski

January 10, 2022 Andrew Bartel 219

Editor’s note: A slightly different version of the following essay/letter was emailed to Rorate Cæli at the end of December 2021.  Dear Fr. Wojciech Gołaski, I read your open letter to Pope Francis and to our Order […]

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Dr. Hitchcock, author of several books including the soon-to-be-released History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium (Ignatius Press, 2012), writes the following for the “Square None” column in Touchstone:  From time to […]

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