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Confessions of a Restorationist

June 30, 2022 Aquae Regiae 25

“Restoration” is a tricky word. If we are talking about a work of art, that typically involves the painstaking, patient and brutally slow work of removing layers of paint, pollution and other alterations which hide […]

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Keeping the Vigils

June 28, 2022 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 4

This evening, we celebrate the Vigil of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. The observance of a “vigil” has its roots in both Roman and Jewish practice. St. Jerome informs us of the Roman […]