Fr. John Perricone gives a moving talk on the life of St. Padre Pio. He shows how Saint Padre Pio can be a model, because his life revolved around the Mass and the endless hours he spent in the confessional to breathe new life into souls. While he had the very wounds of Christ, his greatest cross was the intense suffering caused by false accusations and the abuse of authority by his superiors. He accepted this agony with an immense love, humility, and trust in God and the Church. Saints never take themselves seriously, because they are too busy taking God seriously. We must imitate him entirely.

Thomas Reeves gives a moving talk on the beloved Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. He describes him as a man of love as well as having a deep love of the Faith. There are many interesting details covering his boyhood on a farm until his role as Archbishop. Sheen had a first rate mind and the stage presence of a great actor. This talk will make you proud to be a Catholic! From the Campion Series. 45 min.

Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand argues against modern Feminism. Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand shows how Feminism claims to fulfill the potential of women, but its standard is naturalist and limiting. Only a focus on Christ and transformation in Christ can perfect human persons. Anything good that Feminism might seek, Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand explains, can only be achieved in an orthodox Catholic framework. This lecture is taken from: My End is My Beginning: The Analogy of Contemporary Christianity With its Ancient Setting - 2001 VonHildebrand Institute

Dr Alice von Hildebrand discusses the life of Edith Stein. Edith Stein was a gifted Jewish child, who excelled in all her studies,, but as a result was not humble, and eventually became an agnostic. She became a philosopher, but after meeting several men who were her intellectual equals and reading the autobiography of the mystic Teresa of Avila during summer holidays in 1921, she converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. Murdered by the Nazis in 1942, she is canonized as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church, and she is one of six co-patron saints of Europe.

Mr. Michael Davies gives the history of the Anglican Ordinal. He discusses in detail the Anglican Ordinal from the time of Thomas Cranmer to Leo XIII. Even though prominent Catholic prelates treat Anglican ministers as if they were priests, Anglican orders are as invalid today as when Leo XIII condemned them. One of the first and most tempting ecumenical efforts of the modern world was that which sought to bring High Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism together. Michael Davies explores in this talk the seductive character of the Anglican Orders arguments, the Church's efforts to understand what could and could not be accepted in them, and Leo XIII's reasons for rejecting those in favor of recognizing the Anglican "priesthood". Taken from: The Church of Eugenio Pacelli - 2000 Von Hildebrand Institute

Fr. Mastroeni details the serious discontinuity in moral reasoning in Amoris Laetitia. In this lecture, Fr. Mastroeni takes an in-depth look at the 2016 Apostolic Exhortation on marriage and family Amoris Laetitia. In refusing to recognize the existence of moral absolutes in the matter of intrinsically immoral acts.

Fr. Anthony J. Mastroeni was ordained for the diocese of Paterson, N.J. in 1972. He earned an S.T.L. in Spiritual Theology, a doctorate in Moral Theology from the Angelicum in Rome; a J.D. in Civil Law from Rutgers Law School. For the last 33 years he has been teaching university students, as well as giving retreats.

Fr. Mastroeni continues his analysis of Amoris Laetitia. In this second section from Fr. Mastroeni's series, he specifically outlines the issues in Amoris Laetitia. Fr. Mastroeni gives great attention to how Amoris Laetitia, in its era of absolute truth, is in fact refusing to make a prohibition against adultery. Amoris Laetitia tries to make the case for admitting Holy Communion to those living in adultery and challenges the use of Canon 915 to refuse Holy Communion to those living in sin.

Fr. Anthony J. Mastroeni was ordained for the diocese of Paterson, N.J. in 1972. He earned an S.T.L. in Spiritual Theology, a doctorate in Moral Theology from the Angelicum in Rome; a J.D. in Civil Law from Rutgers Law School. For the last 33 years he has been teaching university students, as well as giving retreats.

Fr. Mastroeni explains the priestly obligation to remain celibate. Fr. Anthony J. Mastroeni explains that the obligation for Roman rite priests to live in celibacy is not merely an act of discipline or custom. It goes back to Jesus and apostolic times and was universally mandated by the First Lateran Council. Priestly celibacy is rooted in doctrinal foundations, as the priest is ordained to stand in persona Christi, especially in the Mass or while administering the sacraments.

Father Anthony J. Mastroeni was ordained for the diocese of Paterson, N.J. in 1972. He earned an S.T.L. in Spiritual Theology, a doctorate in Moral Theology from the Angelicum in Rome; a J.D. in Civil Law from Rutgers Law School. For the last 33 years he has been teaching university students, as well as giving retreats, mostly to consecrated women.

Fr. Joseph Illo lectures on the assaults made against the Church. In this talk, Credo in Sanctam Catholicam Ecclesiam (I believe in the Holy Catholic Church), Fr. Joseph Illo explains how although the Church is not in crisis, she is under constant attack. Fr. Illo offers a message of hope, saying that faithful Catholics will only grow stronger in Christ through these many assaults.

Fr. Joseph Illo graduated B.A. in philosophy from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (the Angelicum) in Rome. He was ordained in 1991 for the Diocese of Stockton. He has been chaplain at Thomas Aquinas College and is currently pastor of Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco.

Fr. Zachary Akers, gives a short history on the status of the FSSP. In this first of three lectures from the conference-The Vatican and the One-World Religion Are We Now Witnessing the Rise of What Saint Pius X Feared - Fr. Akers looks at FSSP throughout the world today as part of a special presentation.