Bryan’s Substack

Solzhenitsyn's 1978 Harvard Address: "The Decay of the West"

I was formally introduced to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn during my seminary days, 1994-’97.

Dec 4 • 

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"The Right to Keep and Bear Books"

I once met a lady at a book sale named Mary, an older lady with wiry, silver hair.

Dec 2 • 

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Philosophy as Love of Wisdom

- "In all the visible universe nothing is personal and immortal except man" Brother Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.

Dec 2 • 

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November 2025

"Redeeming the Time: An Essay on Time"

Play AUDIO version above if you care not to read:

Nov 22 • 

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The Bible: It's Authorship and Printing

The word “Bible” is not found in the Bible.

Nov 12 • 

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October 2025

"Pontius Pilate, Fact Checkers, Conspiracies, and False Flags"

Quid est Veritas?

Oct 23 • 

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August 2025

"Converting Protestants During the Great Apostasy"

Converting Protestants to the Catholic faith has never been an easy task; but today, in this age of the Great Apostasy, it is an even more daunting…

Aug 29 • 

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"The New Mass, The Great Sacrilege," pt. 1

The 1974 talks by Fr. Altenbach on the New Mass

Aug 19 • 

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"One True Church of Jesus Christ" by the Late Fr. Conrad Altenbach of Wisconsin

As a traditional Catholic, part of my apostolate is the reproduction of old, Catholic orthodox talks.

Aug 18 • 

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April 2025

Satanism, Blue Origin Style

It seems that the American world was enthralled with the latest Blue Origin event in which six women - and I might add extremely liberal women - were…

Apr 17 • 

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Of Books and Dinosaurs

"Reflections of a ten-year-old reminiscing over his first trip to the library"

Apr 14 • 

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Paratrooper Padre: The Priest Behind the Real Private Ryan

The poet Horace said, Bellaque matribus detestata, “And the wars detested by the mothers.” The truth is that most wars could easily be avoided, and, in…

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