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Articles by Peter M.J. Stravinskas

About Peter M.J. Stravinskas

Reverend Peter M.J. Stravinskas founded The Catholic Answer in 1987 and The Catholic Response in 2004, as well as the Priestly Society of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, a clerical association of the faithful, committed to Catholic education, liturgical renewal and the new evangelization. Father Stravinskas is also the President of the Catholic Education Foundation, an organization, which serves as a resource for heightening the Catholic identity of Catholic schools.

“All the way to Heaven is Heaven”: 7 basic steps to holiness

November 29, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 3

Life here below is all about the pursuit of sanctity. How does one go about that process, so as to know the greatest measure of […]

I am a Catholic because of St. Josaphat

November 19, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 4

Josaphat, as a Catholic monk, priest and bishop, worked unceasingly to effect unity between Catholics and Orthodox. […]

Focusing again on the Four Last Things

November 12, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 11

Our Christian goal ought to be nothing short of Heaven – not escaping Hell by the skin of our teeth, nor being resigned to “doing […]

“Filling the Churches”

November 6, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 26

While some bishops talk a lot about their concern for our Hispanic brothers and sisters, that talk tends to ring hollow because it is not […]

Without Christian witness and culture, the West cannot resist Islam

August 10, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 26

Back in 1991, while visiting a Roman museum, I got into a conversation with an employee, who expressed dismay that Pope John Paul II had called for support for the massive migration into Italy of […]

Lessons from the Holy Maccabees

August 1, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 5

Editor’s note: The following homily delivered by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D, S.T.D., on 1 August 2017, commemoration of the Holy Maccabees (Extraordinary Form) at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New […]

The Church, Society, and Sex

July 21, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 7

One of the many bons mots of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was: “What the Church gives up the world takes up.” By that he meant the Church often (all too often) fails to appreciate the value […]

Pentecost and the Role of the Laity

June 4, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 4

Editor’s note: The following homily preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., today, on the Solemnity of Pentecost (4 June 2017), at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. […]

The Ascension and the Christian’s mission today

May 25, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 0

Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., for the Solemnity of the Ascension, 25 May 2017, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. […]

Duc in altum: On Forty Years of Priesthood

May 4, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 0

On May 27, I will observe the fortieth anniversary of my priestly ordination. I would like to reflect on these past forty years – and the years that immediately preceded them – not so much […]