Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain

Gone to pot. Legalizing marijuana in New Mexico hasn’t turned out to be the pot of gold (so to speak) for all, despite predictions otherwise.

A familiar tale. Another convert, this one far more illustrious than your Tatler, but his tale of conversion as told in this marvelous account, bears similarity to mine. In fact, all the conversion stories I’ve read, from Newman’s on down, have a common theme. Whether the convert-to-be was deeply religious, but of a different faith,Continue reading “Gary Cooper: “The best thing I ever did””

Missa Dominica Resurrectiones, St Anne’s Church, Alcalde, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, near Santa Fe.

A surprisingly even-handed account of the Latin Mass movement in the Catholic Church. I was so gratified I took out a (trial) subscription to the New Yorker.

Happy Easter to all my readers! I am humbled by and grateful for your taking in my scribblings and rants.

Some years ago, Good Friday, I was seated in a pew at my beloved Anglo-Catholic parish in Manhattan. The Mass of the Pre-Sanctified was being celebrated. For those not in the know, it is a liturgy long ago removed from the Catholic Missal, having been abolished in the reforms of 1955. It is, however, stillContinue reading “Confessions of a Catholic Convert.”

The Dems don’t want him at all. Earlier this week I wrote about Robert F. Kennedy tossing his hat into the ring for the race to presidency in ’24. I suggested he might be a welcome lifeboat for Democrat party leaders hoping to find an alternative to bumbling Joe Biden. It turns out RFK, Jr.Continue reading “Robert F Kennedy, Jr., update.”

The surrender proceeds apace. From the Catholic Herald: ‘One of the foremost colleges [Magdalene] at the University of Oxford cancelled its annual St George’s Day celebration for 2023 – and will celebrate the end of Eid instead . . . ‘The event customarily featured a banquet in which all academics, staff, dons, and students wereContinue reading “God for Harry, England, and Mohammed!”

A little progress. Sitting up front, attending the skeletal remains of the Mass of the Pre-Sanctified in my local parish, I was encouraged to note at least eight out of ten communicants were receiving on the tongue and a substantial number were even kneeling.