Fr. Jenkins' Writings
Subversive “Sanctuary”
[Originally published in the Immaculate Conception Church bulletin on February 5th, 2017]
On Wednesday, February 1, led by the diktat of its mayor, John Cranley, the city council of Cincinnati voted 6-2 to declare Cincinnati as a “Sanctuary city.” Cincinnati police chief Eliot Isaac says: “We will not…
What is Love?
During the 1968 award-winning musical Oliver!, the young lad playing the part of Oliver Twist sings with an air of wistfulness and sadness “Where is the love?” It is a classic question of human history and every human life as our fallen human nature struggles with the…
The Modernist Mockery of Matrimony
[Originally published in the Immaculate Conception Church bulletin on September 28th, 2014]
About 150 novus ordo leaders will assemble at the Vatican for an extraordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops from October 5 through 19 to discuss "pastoral challenges of the family in the context of…
Treating Your Children to "Helloween" — From the Catholic Vigil of All Saints to the Satanic Celebration of “Hell Night”
Toward the end of the Vatican Museum tour that takes one through the Sistine Chapel, visitors to Rome can pass through a couple of rooms dedicated to the “art” collected by Paul VI (1963-1978). When one looks at the horrible, twisted and distorted figures of Our Lord and…
Captain Francis of the Starship Modernize
[Originally posted in the Immaculate Conception Church bulletin on September 14th, 2014]
"The Gospel is something new, we should not be afraid of changes in the Church" - from a recent homily of Francis
Thus appeared the headline of the September 5, 2014 edition of the Italian publication …
The Modernist in a Position of Power
One of the hallmarks of the Modernist, as explained by Pope Pius X, is his apparent ambivalence. Saint Pius points out that the Modernist might appear to hesitate at times, speaking tentatively, as though his mind is not settled but is still searching for the truth. The fact…
“Making a Mess” of the Church
[Originally posted in the Immaculate Conception Church bulletin on September 29th, 2013]
As Pope Saint Pius X warned in 1907, the Modernists intend to “reform” the Catholic Church by bringing her teachings into line with modern man’s current idea of God. They insist that the Church will die…
Dangers in the Pervirtual World
Lewis Carroll’s story of Alice in Wonderland is played out today in the lives of your children as they fall into the rabbit hole of a virtual world. Instead of meeting Mad Hatters and Cheshire Cats and Queens of Hearts, however, in the digital world of the internet…
The Secret Lives of Orphans in Cyber Space
Imagine discovering that your children had secret contacts and secret conversations in which they and their friends freely indulged in blasphemy, cursing and obscenities. Imagine discovering they were regularly receiving reports from friends (or friends of friends) about their drinking bouts and sometimes sordid romantic dramas and their…
Union With Rome - Part II
The Catholic Church holds that Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture together are the two "fonts" of Divine Revelation. The papacy itself is actually part of Catholic Tradition, and cannot exist apart from Catholic Tradition or even be understood apart of Catholic Tradition. Thus, in Catholic terms, the papacy…
