St. Robert Southwell: Bethlehem’s Poet

The Mass and the Missions, Part III (2 of 2)

Dec 29, 2025

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The Food of Love

Fr. Southwell’s corpus of writing shared one purpose with his priestly ministry: to feed the starving souls of his spiritual children. Fr. Devlin makes a most interesting observation in his account of the 1586 meeting of St. Robert and the great composer William Byrd:

The beauty of church music was one of the chief means by which the recu…

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Angela Cuba

Angela Cuba (University of Dallas, BA ‘10 and MA ‘13). Catholic school teacher, member of the St. John Henry Newman Association of America, book reviewer for Mater Dei Catholic Parish, FSSP.