Author: Pete Vere

Surprised by Canon Law Too!

That should actually be “Two”.
For those of you who enjoyed Surprised by Canon Law and cannot wait to read more, I’m pleased to announce that Surprised by Canon Law, volume 2, is now available for pre-order through Amazon.
Here’s the cover:

SBCL2 covers all sorts of interesting topics like the canonizations of saints, Eastern Churches, religious orders, the sex abuse crisis, penal law, ecumenism, and parish mergers and closures.

Is the Legion attempting to silence its critics?

Some law firm in Texas sends Regain the following “cease and desist” letter.
I have a questions about this legal threat:
1) Since Regain’s membership is mostly made up of Catholics, did the Legion attempted to resolve this issue through the canonical courts prior to threatening civil action?
2) Aren’t Regain and ExLegionaries’ two distinct (and separate) organizations/websites? Therefore how can one be held responsible for the other?
3) Aren’ the Legions’ constitutions a public document?

Photos of our local Byzantine parish

Every once in a while the local secular media asks me to write a story on the practice of religion within our community. Yesterday’s assignment was one of my favorites; I was asked to do a photo-essay of the Ukrainian Catholic church’s Feast of Jordan (Epiphany). Our local Ukrainian Catholic parish is the only Eastern church – Catholic or Orthodox – in the city.
Here’s a pic of Fr. Jaroslaw blessing the water:

Here’s a link to the story, complete with photo-gallery:

Ukrainians gather for blessing and borsch (photos)