Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the health-check domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6170

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the mfn-opts domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6170
Editorial: Rekindling the Spirit of 1976 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Editorial: Rekindling the Spirit of 1976

Fr. Paul D. Scalia: Worth & Worship
June 29, 2026

Operation Sail (OpSail) 2012 Virginia. Public Domain view terms. File:Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Tall ships make their way down the Elizabeth River during Operation Sail 2012 Virginia..jpg. Wikimedia.

The Editors, National Catholic Register, June 29, 2026

EDITORIAL: We would do well to appreciate the vital role that Catholics and the Catholic Church and its institutions and apostolates have had in the founding, defense and strengthening of our Union.

A pair of fevers swept across America a half-century ago. The first was disco, the irrepressible craze that got Americans of all ages into polyester pants and out on the dance floor. The second was the U.S. bicentennial, which triggered a surge of patriotism the nation wouldn’t experience again for another 25 years, following the 9/11 terror attacks.

It’s important to remember that those were troubled times, too. The 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence came just three years after U.S. troops had pulled out of Vietnam — and just two years after the Watergate scandal had brought Richard Nixon’s presidency to an ignoble end. ….

Continue reading >>>>>>>>>>