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by Brett Manero This past summer, while driving west from the east coast to Colorado, I stopped in Springfield, Illinois to finally visit the tomb of America’s sixteenth President: Abraham Lincoln. Located in Oak Ridge Cemetery, just a few minutes away from downtown Springfield, the tomb is easily accessible by the public, completely free, and…

by Brett Manero This past July, I finally made it to the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States: Our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin. Just outside of Green Baby, the apparitions at Champion were approved in 2010 by the Bishop of Green Bay, David Ricken. Today, the site is known as the National…

by Brett Manero Mark Twain is credited with saying: “History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” The master of wit was absolutely correct: history does not literally repeat itself, as events and people are unique in their own times, but there is often a similar rhythm and pattern of events and movements throughout…

by Brett Manero I have done a lot of driving this summer, so much so that I have little desire to get into a car and start the engine. I drove from Denver to Wisconsin (article about our visit to Our Lady of Champion is coming soon!), and from there to Connecticut. Less than two…

by Brett Manero If there is anything that proves the existence of God, perhaps it is the conversion of one soul. Of course, there are countless proofs for the existence of God. St. Thomas Aquinas famously wrote his “five ways” that demonstrate the reality of God, and the First Vatican Council taught that human reason…

by Brett Manero For teachers, summer feels like a sacred thing. The sheer bliss that hits the mind and soul of the teacher with the onset of summer is an annual heavenly treasure. Especially with this last year, the arrival of summer break was thoroughly welcome. The seminary schedule concluded at the end of May,…

by Brett Manero Switzerland is world-famous for its natural beauty, its charm, its chocolate, its fondue, and its Swiss Army knives. When one thinks of Switzerland, one may naturally think of the Alps, the chocolate, and its famous fondue. It really is a remarkably beautiful and clean country, and the Alps provide a pristine natural…

by Brett Manero Today marks Independence Day in the United States of America, marking the 249th birthday of this nation. John Adams, one of the key Founding Fathers and the second President of the United States, famously wrote to his wife Abigail of the significance of the new nation’s birthday: “It ought to be solemnized…

by Brett Manero The year 2025 AD marks the eighteenth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, an anniversary which will arrive this August. It has already seen the eighteenth anniversary of V-E Day, Victory in Europe, when Nazi Germany formally surrendered to the victorious Allies. It will also see the eightieth anniversary…

by Brett Manero June 19th is the celebration of Juneteenth, which only recently became a federal holiday in the United States. Of all of the federal holidays of America, it perhaps best represents the journey of this nation, the journey of Scripture, and the journey of the Church and all of humanity: a journey from…