Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain

Above you see the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in East 74th Street. Were someone to step into that church during the mass, the first thing he might notice would be real English being spoken, as compared with any Catholic church in the US. Alas, Resurrection is only a catholic church, not a Catholic church.Continue reading “One of the few catholic (though alas, not Catholic) churches in New York”

A priest friend who, like your Tatler, is a convert from the Episcopal Church, was allegedly asked shortly after embracing the full faith if there was anything he missed from his former church. His prompt response: “the mass in English.” If anyone were to ask your Tatler similarly, the equally prompt response would be, “music ofContinue reading “Missing real music”

From NPR  (where else?) Bishop Rob Hirschfeld [image below] was one of several community and faith leaders gathered in Concord, N.H., for a vigil for Renee Macklin Good just days after she was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. “I’ve asked [clergy] to get their affairs in order to make sure theyContinue reading “The pathetic state of the Episcopal Church today”

The posting above was prompted by this story. House, feds probe to unravel mystery of ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar’s skyrocketing wealth: ‘It’s not possible’ The House Oversight Committee is probing “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s skyrocketing family wealth after a $9 billion Somali social services fraud scandal exploded in her district, The Post has learned. “WeContinue reading “This rings true”

It is a common trend in these times to be reluctant to proclaim one’s Christianity in public and to effect a “we’re all alike” attitude. We are not, the Catechism makes that clear: Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. So why, oh why. did the Vatican recently open a prayer room for Muslims alone? From WNG.org TheContinue reading “Apologizing for being Christian”

Reader GR kindly sent along a Bill Donahue piece from the Catholic League announcing the less-than-surprising news New York’s Mayor Mamdani, “likes anti-religious bigots.” Donahue then presents a list of some of the more virulently anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish bigots with whom Mamdani associates and is close with many. He even has appointed some of them toContinue reading “No surprise here”

. . . there’s little need for an Episcopal seminary. From WPIX News There is a new mission coming to a New York City landmark. There is history on West 21st Street between Ninth and 10th Avenues in Chelsea. For 200 years, the General Theological Seminary has had a bell tower and trees add toContinue reading “When the discipline of your church is do whatever you please . . .”

The alleged music at my church is the worst of any I have experienced anywhere. It is provided by teenaged girls singing in a bad “pop” style. I am sure the girls are sincere and pious, working hard at what they do and  doing the best they can, but the sad fact is they areContinue reading “Reform can’t come soon enough”