Understanding the Faith
Guide
Clearly explained: prayers, devotional items and the Catholic faith from a traditional Catholic perspective.
GebetGlorious Mysteries of the Rosary: All Five Decades in Full to Pray Along
From the empty tomb to the crowning in heaven: the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary in full, with the clause after “Jesus”,...
AnleitungSetting Up a Home Altar: Cross, Image, Candles and Holy Water
Cross, Our Lady, two candles and holy water: how to set up a home altar step by step, and how prayer there...
GebetThe Catholic Creed: the Apostles’ Creed and the Creed of the Mass
The Apostles’ Creed in English and Latin, its twelve articles explained according to the Roman Catechism, and beside it the great Creed...
GebetThe Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary: text and meditation for all five decades
From the Mount of Olives to Golgotha: the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary in full, with the clause added after “Jesus”, the...
DevotionalienThe Herrgottswinkel (Catholic Prayer Corner): Origin, Meaning and Setting One Up
The crucifix in the corner of the parlour: where the Herrgottswinkel comes from, what belongs in it and how to set up...
GebetThe Our Father: the Catholic Text, the Bible Passage and the Seven Petitions
The Catholic text of the Our Father in English and Latin, the two Bible passages in St Matthew and St Luke, and...
GebetThe Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary: All Five Decades to Pray Along
From Nazareth to the Temple in Jerusalem: the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary in full, with the clause added after “Jesus”, the...
DevotionalienFirst Communion Gifts: A Rosary, Cross or Holy Picture with Meaning
A First Communion gift can last well beyond the feast day. Which devotional articles are suitable, what the Church teaches about the...
DevotionalienSt Benedict Medal: the Meaning of the Letters and How to Use It
Almost thirty letters on a coin: what each abbreviation on the St Benedict medal means, where the medal comes from and why...
DevotionalienWearing a Rosary as a Necklace: What Canon Law and Tradition Say
There is no prohibition, but there is a clear guideline: what the 1917 Code and Thomas Aquinas say about wearing a rosary...
GlaubenswissenThe Knights Templar: the history of the Order of the Temple from Jerusalem to Vienne
Nine knights in Jerusalem, an order with castles across Europe and an end at the stake: the history of the Templars from...
GlaubenswissenCrusader Knights: Who They Were and What They Fought For
What a crusader knight vowed, why he wore the cross on his cloak and what he fought for, told from the chronicles...
KirchenjahrThe Immaculate Conception: Meaning of the Dogma and the Feast on 8 December
Not the birth of Christ, but the conception of Mary herself: what the dogma of 1854 teaches, where it is rooted in...