Week 19

Chapter 2 (Part 1) Pages 51 - 64 Chapter 8 - Part 3: Pages 3307-329 The Answer to the Crisis of Loneliness in the World https://youtu.be/vhx27xkTNIg Week 19 Questions Question 1 Dona Lucilia pleads with her son, literally, on " bended” knee, “… never again to leave things to the last minute."  Dr. Plinio was totally surprised by this display. He would, understandably, have been preoccupied with this important occasion from his own perspective, unaware of the anxiety his dear mother was experiencing. It should be within the family…

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The Restoration of Indissolubility in Marriage

Purity, Virginity and Honour! In order for the restoration of indissolubility (in marriage) to be viable, it is necessary to first restore, in countless souls, the yearning for seriousness, austerity and mortification. Yes, and something else, which is expressed by a word as sweet as honey, as perfumed as a lily, but which detonates today like a bomb. That word is: purity. And it is followed closely by two sisters, no less sweet, no less gentle, but with even greater detonation power. These are: virginity and honour. Plinio…

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Clothing: Mirror of a Woman’s Mental Character

Clothing: Mirror of a Woman's Mental Character Dr. Plinio commented: "Clothing completes the body and therefore must be dignified, serious and distinct. In this way man can express his moral personality to some extent through his attire. This can easily be noticed in women's clothing which is so apt to mirror the woman's mental character."Considering these words of Dr. Plinio, how should we, as truly Catholic ladies, adjust our clothing according to the occasion, our age and our state of life, in order to act in a Counter-Revolutionary…

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Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, a Prophet for Our Days

A Prophet for Our Days October 3, 2018 – The 23rd anniversary of the death of Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira today was remembered in a very solemn way with a Mass at Lumen Propheta, in the presence of our dearest Monsignor. "If a man passed his whole life in a cave, alone, praying and doing penance, he would not acquire as much merit as that which is acquired in only one Holy Communion. This is the value of one Holy Communion."    (Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira)The month of…

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“She was truly a Catholic lady…”

“She was truly a Catholic lady…” These were among the first words of Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira moments after the death of his beloved mother, Dona Lucilia, on April 21, 1968. This website was created to be a place for exploring what it means to be "truly a Catholic lady" by studying the life of this great Catholic woman. We will be focusing on the beautiful book, Dona Lucilia, by Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP. "She majestically departed from a life led with honour." Msgr. João Scognamiglio…

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