Regular of the New Jerusalem at the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria, Va. this Sunday for Laetare Sunday Vespers. Vespers will be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form.

Leo Darroch has produced a substantial
and fascinating volume on the FIUV, commonly known as Una Voce International,
from its beginnings up to the end of the presidency of the late Michael Davies.
Davies’ predecessor, Eric de Savanthem, was President for 30 years, from the
early days of the organisation, so the book revolves around these two
remarkable men.

Because of the nature of the material,
the book is episodic in character. Some of these episodes are very revealing
about the state of the Church at the time they took place, so I will devote
this review to three of them.

A Letter to A Seminarian thinking of leaving the Seminary,liberals quaking (and
complaining loudly). The first is a preface, written by Cardinal Robert Sarah,
for a new book on Communion, who called for a return to receiving Communion on
the tongue while kneeling, rather than in the hands while standing. While many
readers of this blog already follow this request, we should rejoice at this
call for greater reverence.

The second is an address,
which was given by Fr. Thomas Weinandy, whose open
letter to Pope Francis critiquing Amoris
Laetita caused him to lose his position at the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops. This address, given at the University of Notre Dame in
Australia, questioned whether the current papacy is properly following the four
marks of the Church.

Looking at highlights from these
two addresses will be a good reminder for us that Christ is the Head of His
Church, and