YOU ARE INVITED TO A BOOK LAUNCH
BY JOHN LACKEN
THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC FAMILY
UPCOMING TALKS
Tuesday 30th May 2023 @ 7.00pm
The Clayton Hotel,
Leopardstown, Dublin 18
Wednesday 31st May 2023 @ 7.00pm
The Grand Hotel,
Malahide, Co. Dublin
Thursday 1st June 2023 @ 7.00pm
The Castle Arch Hotel
Trim, Co. Meath
These are the final talks in Stage 2
Stage 3 begins in September

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The Collapse of Western Civilisation
I was going to write an article which looks in detail at the report from Marie O’Shea BL. on the operation of Ireland’s abortion laws. However I don’t believe that it is worth the time or energy such an article would demand so I will confine myself to just a few comments. The report looks in detail at how we murder our unborn children with a primary focus on... Read More
Abortion is Mortally Sinful and Leads Souls to Hell
The worst thing that can befall anyone is that they be judged by God to be cursed on account of their unrepented mortal sins and be condemned for eternity to the pits of Hell. Our bishops rarely, if ever, mention Hell. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that: 1035 The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls... Read More
Catholic Schooling Options
In my current presentation on the family which is part of my book launch, where I expose the tactics of the global organisations who seek to corrupt the innocence of children, I quote from Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical letter ‘Sapientiae Christianae’ on Christians as citizens. I came across this encyclical whilst reading another encyclical, that of Pope Pius XI on Christian Education – ‘Divini Illius Magistri’. Pope Pius XI... Read More
COMPROMISE v. ABSOLUTISM
In religious and political contexts we often hear references to, and recommendations of, “dialogue” as a means of ‘managing’ differences of belief and of... Read More
Corrupting the Innocence of Children
War Against the Innocence of ChildrenThere is a global war being waged against the innocence of children. The primary aggressor is the devil but he uses willing human accomplices to carry out his plans to destroy the innocence of children. The devil hates the innocence of children because they remind him of how far he has fallen and of how much he has lost by rebelling against God. The... Read More
Joe Biden and the Nine Ways of Co-operating in Sin
Update 16/04/23: I have been contacted to suggest that Joe Biden may not have been invited to Knock Shrine but may have put it on the agenda himself. I have changed the wording below to reflect this i.e. “those who welcomed Joe Biden to Knock Shrine”. In one way this actually makes the situation worse because it suggests that the sacraments of the Catholic Church were suspended to accommodate... Read More
Evangelising in a Desert
Well-meaning people sometimes say, to ease disappointment from an unfulfilled hope, that ‘results aren’t important’. Common sense, however, tells us that the importance of something extends to what happens to it. So someone who attempts an important task will want it to succeed, and someone who loses a valuable possession will rejoice in its recovery. Our Lord confirmed this. He does not want any soul to be lost, and... Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows
Oscar’s ConfirmationBy Cardinal Brandmuller Abbé Raphael’s ConfirmationBy Cardinal Brandmuller Two of my sons, Oscar and Raphael, were confirmed in Gricigliano in Florence, Italy, at the seminary of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign priest in March of 2012. There were eight of us there, my wife, six of our eight children, and I. Abbé Raphael Lacken is now completing his third year of formation for the Catholic Priesthood... Read More