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"The nature of the Catholic Faith is such that nothing can be added to

it, nothing taken away. Either it is held in its entirety or it is

rejected totally. This is the Catholic faith which, unless a man

believes faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved." (Pope Benedict

XV, "Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum", 1914).

"Nor must it be thought that what is expounded in Encyclical Letters

does not of itself demand consent, since in writing such Letters the

Popes do not exercise the supreme power of their Teaching Authority.

For these matters are taught with the ordinary teaching authority, of

which it is true to say: "He who heareth you, heareth me;" and gener-

ally what is expounded and inculcated in Encyclical Letters already

for other reasons appertains to Catholic doctrine. But if the Supreme

Pontiffs in their official documents purposely pass judgment on a mat-

ter up to that time under dispute, it is obvious that that matter, ac-

cording to the mind and will of the same Pontiffs, cannot any longer

be considered a question open to discussion among theologians." (Pope

Pius XII, "Humani Generis", 1950).

"...there is little reason to wonder that the Modernists vent all

their bitterness and hatred on Catholics who zealously fight the

battles of� the Church. There is no species of insult which they do

not heap upon them, but their usual course is to charge them with

ignorance or obstinacy." (Pope St. Pius X, "Pascendi Dominici Gregis",

1907).

BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS EVERY CATHOLIC SHOULD READ AND/OR OWN:

 Here are some things that every Catholic should have in their home

library. I also highly recommend these for those who are converting to

the Catholic Faith, ESPECIALLY for those who are attending RCIA.

Douay-Rheims Bible

�� http://www.catholicfirst.com/bibledrv.cfm

Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)

�� http://www.cin.org/users/james/ebooks/master/trent/tindex.htm

Baltimore Catechism

�� http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Catechism/3/Welcome.html

�� http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Catechism/4/Welcome.html

Denzinger's Enchiridion Symbolorum (The Sources of Catholic Dogma)

 Papal and Curial Documents:

Pascendi Dominici Gregis(On the Doctrine of the Modernists)Pope Pius X

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P10PASCE.HTM

Mediator Dei(On the Sacred Liturgy)Pope Pius XII

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P12MEDIA.HTM

Mortalium Animos(On Fostering True Religious Unity)Pope Pius XI

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P11MORTA.HTM

Humani Generis(Some False Opinions which Threaten to Undermine

��Catholic Doctrine)Pope Pius XII

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P12HUMAN.HTM

Mysterium Fidei(Mystery of Faith)Pope Paul VI

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P6MYSTER.HTM

Memoriale Domini(Instruction on the Manner of Distributing Holy

� Communion)Pope Paul VI

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWMEMOR.HTM

Humanae Vitae(On Human Life)Pope Paul VI

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P6HUMANA.HTM

Veritatis Splendor(The Splendor of Truth)Pope John Paul II

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/JP2VER.HTM

Dominicae Cenae(The Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist)

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2DOMIN.HTM

Inaestimabile Donum(Instruction concerning the Worship of the

� Eucharistic Mystery)

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2INAES.HTM

Mirari Vos(On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism) Pope Gregory XVI

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/G16MIRAR.HTM

On the Ecumenical Movement (1949 Instruction of the Holy Office)

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFECUM.HTM

On Certain Questions regarding the collaboration of the Non-Ordained

Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of the Priest

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFLAITY.HTM

The Oath against Modernism Pope Pius X

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P10MOATH.HTM

Lamentabili Sane (Syllabus Condemning the Errors of the Modernists) Pope

St. Pius X

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFLAMEN.HTM

Quanta Cura (Condemning Current Errors) Pope Pius IX

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P9QUANTA.HTM

The Syllabus of Errors Pope Pius IX

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/P9SYLL.HTM

Ordinatio Sacerdoltalis Pope John Paul II

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2ORDIN.HTM

Responsium Ad Dubium Concerning the Teaching in Ordination Sacerdotalis

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFRESPO.HTM

Satis Cognitum On the Unity of the Church (Pope Leo XIII)

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13SATIS.HTM

Testem Benevolentiae On Americanism (Pope Leo XIII)

�� http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/L13TESTE.HTM

Most of these Papal Documents can also be obtained from:

 Pauline Books & Media

The Douay-Rheims Bible and the Catechism of the Council of Trent

can be ordered from:

� Tan Books

� P.O. Box 424

� Rockford, IL 61105

The Sources of Catholic Dogma can be ordered from:

� Loreto Publications���������

��P.O. Box 603

� Fitzwilliam, NH 03447

It MAY still be available from the address below, but I'm not sure:

� The Maryfaithful Bookstore���������

��P.O. Box 48

� Powers Lake, N.D. 58773

� Update 11-25-07 Tan Books now carries The Sources of Catholic Dogma.

 I highly recommend the Catholic Family News. It costs $28/year, but

can usually be obtained for $22/year.

Catholic Family News����

M.P.O. Box 743

Niagara Falls, NY 14302

 I highly recommend subscribing to "From the Housetops", available

from St. Benedict Center in Massachusetts. It is a quarterly magazine

that has the life of a saint and various articles which are helpful in

living the spiritual life. Subscriptions are:

1 year - $15

2 years- $25

3 years- $30

Order from: Saint Benedict Center

����������� P.O. Box 1000

����������� Still River, MA 01467

Note: This is the St. Benedict Center that has it's bishop's approval,

 as well as permission to have the Latin Tridentine Mass. They are

 Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and they were founded by

�Father Leonard Feeney. It is a solid, doctrinally sound magazine,

 unlike many others which have reputations for 'orthodoxy'. but in

�fact are not orthodox.

If you are interested in what really happened at Vatican II, what

� the deal is with the New Mass, and various other aspects of the

��current crisis in the Church, I highly recommend the following:

Liturgical Time Bombs in Vatican II (Excerpts)

The Catholic Sanctuary and the Second Vatican Council

Communion in the Hand and Similar Frauds

Liturgical Shipwreck

A Short History of the Roman Mass

Also:

Cramner's Godly Order

Pope John's Council

Pope Paul's New Mass, all by Michael Davies. (+ RIP +) Also read anything else

� by him. He is the former President of the International Una Voce Federation,

��and he did his research, and cited his sources.

"The Reform of the Roman Liturgy: Its Problems and Background" by

� Msgr. Klaus Gamber

"Iota Unum" by Amerio Romano

"In the Murky Waters of Vatican II" by Atila Sinke Guimaraes

Links to my other Pages:

Site Updates/Current Articles:

Catholic Links:

Articles on the"charismatic movement":

Is there Salvation outside the Catholic Church?:

Some facts relating to the New Mass:

What is a Good Catholic? & Why Not Receive Daily?:

Useful Catholic Information:

Catholic Family News Articles:

Catholic Family News Articles (2nd page):

The Treasures of the Mass: Under Construction � updated Aug. 2005

The Treasures of the Mass (cont.):

Apparitions, Serious Considerations, & Kneeling for Holy Communion:

Catholic Prayers:

Catholic Prayers 2:

Various Points on Encyclicals, Doctrine, the Mass & other things:

The Holy Eucharist: Under Construction

The Holy Souls in Purgatory:

Papal Authority, Papalotry, and "Attacking" the Pope: Under Revision

Cynthia Mary Shorey: This page is dedicated to the memory of my mother.

Blank Page:

Catholic Pictures:

Monthly Devotions: I may update this in the future.

The Controversy about Father Nicholas Gruner, etc.:

Some U.S. Catholic Church statistics:

Dare to Live! by the Rev. Albert H. Dolan, O. Carm.:

Christian Music Links: This is a page that lists some good Christian Music artists that I

Like.

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MODESTY

Deuteronomy 22:5

�A woman shall not be clothed with men's apparel, neither shall a man

use women's apparel: for he that doeth these things is abominable

before God.

1 Timothy 2:9-10

�In like manner women also in decent apparel: adorning themselves with

modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair or gold, or pearls, or

costly attire, But as it becometh women professing godliness, with

good works.

Galatians 5:19-24

�19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication,

�uncleanness, IMMODESTY, luxury.

�20 Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths,

�quarrels, dissensions, sects,

�21 Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the

�which I fortell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such

�things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.

�22 But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, be-

�nignity, goodness, longanimity,

�23 Mildness, faith, MODESTY, continency, chastity. Against such there

�is no law.

�24 And they that are Christ's, have crucified their flesh, with the

�vices and concupiscences.

Pope Benedict XV, Sacra Propediem, January 6, 1921

�"From this point of view one cannot sufficiently deplore the blind-

ness of so many women of every age and condition; made foolish by de-

sire to please, they do not see to what a degree the the indecency of

their clothing shocks every honest man, and offends God. Most of them

would formerly have blushed for those toilettes as for a grave fault

against Christian modesty, now it does not suffice for them to exhibit

them on the public thoroughfares; they do not fear to cross the thre-

shold of the churches, to assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,

and even to bear the seducing food of shameful passions to the Euch-

aristic Table where one receives the heavenly Author of Purity."

1928 Letter from the Congregation for Religious

�To the Ordinaries of Italy: regarding the crusade against immodest

fashions, especially in schools directed by women Religious.

�Circular. Most Illustrious and Reverend Sir, well known to you are

the grave words of condemnation which the Holy Father spoke, on sev-

eral occasions, with apostolic authority, against the immodest fash-

ion of women's dress which prevails today to the detriment of good

breeding.

�Suffice it to recall, the very grave words, charged with grief and

admonition, with which in the discourse of August 15th current, in the

consistorial chamber, promulgating the decree on the heroic virtues of

Venerable Paolo Frassinetti, His Holiness denounced once again the

danger which, by its seductive fascination, threatens so many unwary

souls, who profess to belong to the flock of Jesus Christ and to His

Holy Church.

�It is painful to point out in this regard that the deplorable custom

tends to insinuate itself among young girls who frequent, as extern

pupils, some of the schools directed by Sisters and Sunday-school

classes which are held in female religious institutions.

�In order to confront a danger which, by spreading, becomes ever more

grave, this Sacred Congregation, by order of the Holy Father, calls

upon the ordinaries of Italy so that they may communicate to the sup-

eriors of the houses of female religious in their respective dioceses

the following injunctions of this Sacred Congragation, confirmed by

His Holiness in audience this day:

�a) In all schools, academies, recreation centers, Sunday schools, and

laboratories directed by female religious, not to be admitted from now

on are those girls who do not observe in their attire the rules of

modesty and Christian decency.

�b) To this end, the superiors themselves will be obliged to exercise

a close supervision and exclude peremptorily from the schools and pro-

jects of their institutions those pupils who do not conform to these

prescriptions

�c) They must not be influenced in this by any human respect, either

for material considerations or by reason of the social prestige of the

families of their pupils, even though the student body should dimin-

ish in number.

�d) Furthermore, the Sisters, in fulfillment of their educational pur-

suits, must endeavor to inculcate sweetly and strongly in their pup-

ils the love and relish for holy modesty, the sign and guardian of

purity and delicate adornment of womankind.

�Your Reverence will be vigilant that these injunctions be exactly ob-

served and that there be perfect conformity of conduct among all the

institutes of female religious in the diocese.

�You will severely call to task whoever should fail in this, and

should any abuse be prolonged, you will notify this Sacred Congreg-

ation.

�With deepest esteem, I remain,

�Devotedly yours,

�G. cardinal Laurenti, Prefect

�Sacred Congreegation for Religious

�Vincent LaPuma, Secretary

�Rome, August 23, 1928

1930 Letter of the Congregation of the Council

�By virthue of the supreme apostolate which he wields over the Univer-

sal Church by Divine Will, our Most Holy Father Pope Pius XI has never

ceased to inculcate, both verbally and by his writings, the words of

St. Paul(1 Tim. XI,9-10), namely, "Women...adorning themselves with

modesty and sobriety...and professing godliness with good works."

�Very often, when occasion arose, the same Supreme Pontiff condemned

emphatically the immodest fashion of dress adopted by Catholic women

and girls - which fashion not only offends the dignity of women and

against her adornment, but conduces to the temporal ruin of the women

and girls, and, what is still worse, to their eternal ruin, miserably

dragging down others in their fall. It is not surprising, therefore,

that all bishops and other ordinaries, as is the duty of ministers of

Christ, should in their own dioceses have unanimously opposed their

depraved licentiousness and promiscuity of manners, often bearing

with fortitude the derision and mockery leveled against them for this

cause.

�Therefore this Sacred Council, which watches over the discipline of

clergy and people, while cordially commending the action of the Vener-

able Bishops, most emphatically exhorts them to persevere in their

attitude and increase their activities insofar as their strength per-

mits, in order that this unwholesome disease be definitely uprooted

from human society.

�In oder to facilitate the desired effect, this Sacred Congregation,

by the mandate of the Most Holy Father, has decreed as follows:

�1. The parish priest, and especially the preacher, when occasion ari-

ses, should, according to the words of the Apostle Paul(2 Tim. IV, 2),

insist, argue, exhort and command that feminine garb be based on mod-

esty and womanly ornament be a defense of virtue. Let them likewise

admonish parents to cause their daughters to cease wearing indecorous

dress.

�2. Parents, conscious of their grave obligations toward the educa-

tion, especially religious and moral, to their offspring, should see

to it that their daughters are solidly instructed, from the earliest

childhood, in Christian doctrine; and they themselves should assidu-

ously inculcate in their souls, by word and example, love for the

virtues of modesty and chastity; and since their family should follow

the example of the Holy Family, they must rule in such a manner that

all its members, reared within the walls of of the home, should find

reason and incentive to love and preserve modesty.

�3. Let parents keep their daughters away from public gymnastic games

and contests; but if their daughters are compelled to attend such ex-

hibitions, let them see that they are fully and modestly dressed. Let

them never permit their daughter to don immodest garb.

�4. Superioresses and teachers in schools for girls must do their ut-

most to instill love of modesty in the hearts of maidens confided to

their care and urge them to dress modestly.

�5. Said Superioresses and teachers must not receive in their colleges

and schools immodestly dressed girls, and should not even make an ex-

ception in the case of mothers of pupils. If, after being admitted,

girls persist in dressing immodestly, such pupils should be dismissed.

�6. Nuns, in compliance with the letter dated August 23, 1928, by the

Sacred Congregation of Religious, must not receive in their colleges,

schools, oratories or recreation grounds, or, if once admitted, toler-

ate girls who are not dressed with Christian modesty; said Nuns, in

addition, should do their utmost so that love for holy chastity and

Christian modesty may become deeply rooted in the hearts of their pup-

ils.

�7. It is desirable that pious organizations of women be founded,

which by their counsel, example and propoganda should combat the wear-

ing of apparel unsuited to Christian modesty, and should promote pur-

ity of customs and modesty of dress.

�8. In the pious associations of women those who dress immodestly

should not be admitted to membership; but if, perchance, they are re-

ceived, and after having been admitted, fall again into their error,

they should be dismissed forthwith.

�9. Maidens and women dressed immodestly are to be debarred from Holy

Communion and froma acting as sponsors at the Sacraments of Baptism

and Confirmation; further, if the offense be extreme, they may even be

forbidden to enter the Church.

Donato Cardinal Sbaretti, Prefect

Congregation of the Council

Rome, January 12, 1930

This letter can be found in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis of 1930 (vol.

22, pp. 26-28). Thus, this letter is an OFFICIAL PAPAL ACT, and as it

has never been officially changed or contradicted, it is STILL IN

FORCE, and since it relates to MORALS, it cannot be officially changed

or contradicted.

Pope Pius XII, Nov.8, 1957, Address to the Congress of the Latin Union

�of High Fashion, "Moral Problems in Fashion Design."

�This second virtue, modesty - the very word "modesty" comes from mod-

us, a measure or limit - probably better expresses the function of

governing and dominating the pasions, especially sensual passions. It

is the natural bulwark of chastity. It is its effective rampart, be-

cause it moderates acts closely connected with the very object of

chastity [...] Yet no matter how broad and changeable the relative

morals of styles may be, there is always an absolute norm to be kept

after having heard the admonition of conscience warning against appr-

oaching danger: style must never be a proximate occasion of sin. [...]

An excess of immodesty in fashion involves, in practice, the cut of

the garment. The garment must not be evaluated according to the estim-

ation of a decadent or already corrupt society, but according to the

aspirations of a society which prizes the dignity and seriousness of

its public attire. [...] It is often said almost with passive resig-

nation that fashions reflect the customs of a people. But it would be

more exact and much more useful to say that they express the decision

and moral direction that a nation intends to take: either to be ship-

wrecked in licentiousness or maintain itself at the level to which it

has been raised by religion and civilization.

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DISCLAIMER:

I am not responsible for, nor do I have any control over, the various

ads that appear on my pages. Many of them are anti-Catholic, so I DO

NOT recommend clicking on them.

About the links on my Catholic Links Page: I link to sites that have

generally good information. Some sites are controversial, but I

include them because they contain information that it is useful.

If you want to to condemn me as "schismatic" or an "integrist", or

whatever, knock yourself out. (Literally would help.)

If you are interested in finding the truth about the Catholic Faith

and the crisis in the Church today, here is a place that can help you.

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REST IN PEACE

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Michael Davies, prominent Traditional Catholic & defender of the True

Catholic Faith, died September 25, 2004 of a massive heart attack. He

had been suffering from cancer for some time.

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity of Thy

Beloved Son & our Lord Jesus Christ for the repose of the soul of

Michael Davies. Amen.

May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in

peace. Amen.

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March 31, 2005�

+Terri Schiavo+

May she rest in peace.

�Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of

Thy Beloved Son and our Lord Jesus Christ for the repose of the soul

of Terri Schiavo.

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