The most important department of education is the teaching of dogma; next, and inextricably connected with it, the teaching of morals; next, the securing (and this is also connected with the teaching of dogma and morals) of continuous Catholic daily custom.

Any Catholic parent would much rather that his children grow up ignorant of history than ignorant of the Faith or of sound morals, or of Catholic custom and habit.

It is by true history that men know what they really are. False history must make them think themselves different from what they really are.

If we do not restore the Institution of Property we cannot escape restoring the Institution of Slavery; there is no third course.

The essentials of anti-Catholic history, the things which make it all anti-Catholic, are, first, the anti-Catholic se- lection of material; second, what is called the anti-Catholic tone ; and third, the anti-Catholic proportion observed in the presentation of historical fact.

If you select so that the truth sought is not revealed, then your selection, though every fact you present be true, is in its sum-total an untruth. What facts we choose to tell, and in what order, determine the picture we present.

We are surrounded by an atmosphere of, and presented with the machinery of, anti-Catholic history; history which produces its anti-Catholic effect not so much by misstatement of fact—that is rare—as by anti-Catholic selection, anti-Catholic tone, and anti-Catholic proportion.

Ever since modern accurate detailed history began, pretty nearly every textbook of note has been written in direct antagonism of the Faith.

If you do not support the truth you cannot help attacking it. To talk of being "fair" to the Catholic Church in history is exactly parallel to talking of a judge being "neither partial on one side nor impartial on the other."

To talk of being "fair" to the Catholic Church in history is exactly parallel to talking of a judge being "neither partial on one side nor impartial on the other."

Great historians are few, just as great poets are few.

Fire has the character of a free companion that has travelled with us from the first exile; only to see a fire, whether he need it or no, comforts every man.

This account is entirely dedicated to Our Lady, sharing the colossal number of writings and images attributed to her throughout history. We hope that this collection of writings will help in enhancing your devotion to the Mother of God.

Happy the man who imitates our Lady, for in imitating her he imitates Jesus, king and incomparable model of all virtue.

The Blessed Virgin's life contains lessons for everyone. If we study it, we learn how to live in prosperity and adversity, prayer and work, honors and humiliations.

She is a ship, laden with priceless treasures, which has brought heavenly riches to the poor. The dead have received gifts from her, who had carried life itself within her.

The Holy Church justly honors the great Virgin Mary, and would have her honored by all men with the glorious title of queen, because she has been elevated to the dignity of mother of the King of kings.

Your intercession will win us the grace of perfect friendship with God. Therefore, we shall be able to praise you for being, after your Son Jesus, the source of our salvation.

St. Bernard asks, Why does the Church name Mary Queen of Mercy? and answers, Because we believe that she opens the depths of the mercy of God, to whom she will, when she will, and as she will; so that not even the vilest sinner is lost, if Mary protects him.

In her response to the Angel Gabriel, Mary gave to all mankind, especially to the clergy, the perfect example of being a “servant” of the Lord: Ecce ancilla Domini. This attitude of Our Lady must first and foremost be the attitude of the pope, of the bishops and the priests.