With this statement, Professor Robert George of Princeton University began his outlook on American life in the near future. Addressing more than 160 audience members at the November Credo Forum, he reminisced briefly about the Catholic Church’s influence during the “golden years” of the 40’s and 50’s, years when government intrusion in our institutions was minimal, and the ten commandments formed the basis of our national moral code.But since the 60’s, government intrusions have increased until today they make the faithful Catholic exceedingly uncomfortable. Today we look ahead to a massive federal health system that confronts both Catholic institutions and individuals with absolute moral choices that cannot be ignored. And the secular culture has become both morally adrift and powerful, so powerful that immorality is enshrined in our nation’s laws. As Catholics in such a culture we need to be always militant, keeping our minds centered on truth and subjecting to rigorous scrutiny whatever is presented to us by the media. Today the culture we live in directly opposes Christianity, so if we are true Christians we shall be very uncomfortable in the future.
December 9th. The topic of the evenings lecture will be “The Death and Resurrection of the Mass: Evelyn Waugh and the Liturgical Madness Revisited". This free event will be hosted at the Kevin Kline Theater (
"His little face was lit up with joy, and he was cheering as his moms hugged him with the love that only a mother can provide." So, there is a love that ONLY a mother can provide? 
In an address given at the Red Mass in Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 20th, Credo's 2011 Christ the King Forum Speaker, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, defended Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan against heresy charges coming from various quarters in the Catholic press and academy. Instead of reading what other say about what his Excellency said, you can read the words themselves by 
Professor Robert George’s famous 
Credo means “I Believe”. The definitive Latin text of the Profession of Faith we make every Sunday at Holy Mass begins Credo in unum Deum – I Believe in one God. This seems to be an easy-enough thing to say. Further on, we say Et unam, sanctam, cathòlicam, et apostòlicum Ecclèsiam – and [in] one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. This seems an easy-enough thing to say too. But what does belief in the Church mean? And how does that translate into public life? 
When Mitt Romney announced on August 11th his selection of Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his vice-presidential running mate, excitement bubbled up all over the country among Catholics, pro-life activists, and citizens who like well-read and intellectual political leaders. Not since 1964, when Barry Goldwater chose Rep. William Miller of New York, has a Catholic appeared on the G.O.P. ticket. Probably not since 1956, when the Democrats re-nominated Adlai Stevenson, or 1932, when Herbert Hoover lost his re-election bid, has a candidate of such acknowledged intellectual weight appeared on a national ticket.
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious will meet in St. Louis August 7th –10th with the 
Credo Advisory Board member 
The historical attack on Catholic Religious Liberty began really at the founding of the Church. We're experiencing something of it now, although in our mostly money-mediated modern milieu it looks much different. It came on with a vengence at the time of the Protestant Revolt, and again at the time of the Communist Revolutions (yes, plural) of the early 20th century. For Greater Glory is (part of) this story in Mexico, which was at least a brutal repression as anything done in 16th century England. The film is still on two screens in the St. Louis area; one in 
What have Roe v. Wade and deadbeat dads, single moms, poverty and STD’s in common? Quite a lot, actually. In his 1996 
Credo's Spiritual Adviser Fr. Brian Harrison, O.S. has a new two-part theological essay published in the online version of Living Tradition titled “Father Feeney and the Implicitum Votum Ecclesiae”. The Latin there means “implicit desire for the Church”. The essay defends the Church's teaching, only quite recently developed explicitly, that sometimes non-Catholics can be linked to the Church by an implicit or unconscious desire that is sufficient for their salvation. The late Fr. Leonard Feeney and his followers have claimed this is heretical. According to them, “Outside the Church, no Salvation” means that only those who are consciously Roman Catholic at the moment of death can reach Heaven. All the rest, he said, even the most devout Protestants and Greek Orthodox, die “outside the Church” and thus are damned.
With several states now having legalized same-sex marriage, we are faced by a constant stream of propaganda designed to persuade us that this revolutionary change in our ethical and social norms, and in the whole legally recognized nature of family life, is both morally imperative and historically inevitable.
Is Rome Treating the SSPX Unfairly? Credo's Spiritual Adviser Fr. Brian Harrison, O.S. thinks not. As has been 
Credo President Dr. Robert Hurley is stepping down from the post after five years’ service, but will remain a Board Member. He spent countless hours and a considerable amount of his own money to contribute to the success of Credo. Perhaps his most important contribution was the wisdom and organization he brought to our board meetings. Because of his leadership Credo has become more successful in our efforts to cooperate in the New Evangelization. Dr. Hurley never missed a meeting, always arrived early and had distributed an agenda that covered the important topics we needed to cover. Under his leadership Credo have made a number of strides. For the first time, we have had our slate of speakers in place at the beginning of the year. We established an Advisory Board to help us identify and secure speakers for our Forums; we enhanced our membership process, implemented a new and improved web site, a Facebook page, an e-newsletter to improve our outreach and communication efforts. He certainly deserves our heartfelt thanks for the fine job he did in his years as Credo President.
First an economic meltdown and the bailout of companies and banks “too big to fail”; the highest rates of unemployment seen since the Great Depression, and now the infamous “HHS Mandate” that seeks to force all employers, even Catholic ministries like hospitals and universities to pay for contraceptives. Is there a relationship between these things and broader political economy of the United States? There is, and the Church saw it coming more than 100 years ago. What might a rightly-ordered society look like, and how would it avoid these evils?
ST. LOUIS: Theologian 
Archbishop J. Peter Sartain who recently addressed the priests and seminarians here in St. Louis has been appointed to lead the renewal of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR).
We are pleased to announce that the Reverend Michael John Witt has agreed to serve on Credo’s Advisory Board. The Board of Directors look to advisors to help guide our direction and choose speakers. Fr. Witt is Associate Professor of Church History at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, and is a very popular lecturer around town. Fr. Witt last spoke to Credo in 2006 when he gave a talk titled “Christianity under Attack “. And it still is.
Mark your calendars for the 2012 Credo Day of Recollection: March 3rd, 2012. We return this year to the Chapel of St. Anselm at the Oratory of Ss. Gregory and Augustine in Creve Coeur, located on the grounds of The Priory at 530 Mason Rd.
All healthy men, ancient and modern, know there is a certain fury in sex that we cannot afford to inflame, and that a certain mystery and awe must ever surround it if we are to remain sane.
His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke will visit 
It is being reported this morning that St. Louis native and now Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan will be created Cardinal at the consistory on February 18th. Read the story in 