The Play's The Thing

A year ago, a priest friend of mine on the other side of the world wrote to me to say how much he had come to appreciate the link between the traditional liturgy of the Roman Rite and the traditional doctrine of creation. I suggested that he watch the video of the play that my wife and the young people performed at our leadership retreat two years ago, “The World Thou Hast Made Firm,” which begins with St. Jutta and St. Hildegard of Bingen, moves to St. Robert Bellarmine and Galileo, and ends with Sister Wilhelmina and the Benedictines of Mary. He wrote back to me to say how edified he was by the production, and this, in turn, inspired me to encourage readers of this newsletter to recommend our leadership retreat to families with children who would like to have the opportunity to grow in their faith and to participate in Catholic drama that gives glory to God.