1) The Ten Commandments This will be a part of a larger series of articles which are tools for me to form together a basic and general course on writing for my local town, God willing. Because of the nature of it, I will assume that you are reading the article in order to learn […]
Taurus Necrus
How to Make a Living in Swine
I have been working hard on a book of economics called The Village Economy: How Catholic Fathers Can Live a More Authentic Lifestyle. In it, I recommend traditional labors financed as a small, self-sufficient occupation by those in the parish who are looking for good and holy places to lay up their worldly treasures. As for […]
Tradition in Action and the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation
I have recently returned from a retreat orchestrated by the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation, in which I found much spiritual and intellectual improvement. In Advent and Lent, I was involved with another organization called Tradition in Action. They are similar, these two organizations, and I have been privileged to see some of […]
Splendor: Chapter One
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Immaculate Heart, 23rd Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 Splendor is a complete and edited novel prepared for publication, entirely original, set in a semi-post-apocalyptic America, mostly in the Midwest. It follows three characters who are immortally young. It has themes exploring Americanism, Modernity, Nihilism, anti-Christ, Humility, Purgatory, […]
Roman Primacy
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Immaculate Heart, 16th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 This is from some commission work. I may not have time for a good, full article, but I thought this would be quick and helpful for anyone. Saint Irenaeus was a Church Father. This means that he lived before […]
Poverty
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Immaculate Heart, 12th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 Poverty causes temptations to anxiety and sadness. The saints always consistently speak of it as a very fruitful thing, however, and so we are bound to desire it. We do not have a great understanding of the fruits of […]
I Will Teach You to Write
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 18th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 By this I mean primarily writing moral fiction, because this is the field which I can come closest to guaranteeing results. That is not to say I cannot assist in anything nonfiction or fiction, from screenplays to history to […]
Miss Die Vernon
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Immaculate Heart, 1st Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 It is amazing to me how much of “classic” literature is concerned with the theme of the particular perversion of transexuality. I am dealing in this case with the character of the novel Rob Roy, Diana Vernon, or, as she […]
Second Decade
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 4th Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 These are fictive meditations on the fifteen traditional mysteries of the Rosary. This second is the Visitation, the feast of which was celebrated two days ago, and is the major Marian feast of my parish. By it, Our Lord is […]
The Murky Waters of Vatican II
Author: Nathaniel Slattery Posted: Month of the Precious Blood, 3rd Day, Year of Our Lord 2023 The title of the article refers to a book I have recently finished, which is the first volume of a series of scholarly works related to that council. I am in a somewhat awkward position for my choice of […]