Sean Fitzpatrick
By Sean Fitzpatrick
Sean Fitzpatrick is a senior contributor to Crisis. He's graduate of Thomas Aquinas College and the Headmaster of Gregory the Great Academy. He lives in Scranton, Penn. with his wife and family of four.
- January 16, 2020
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‘The Two Popes’ Is Pure Propaganda
January 15, 2020 -
A New Heart for a New Year, Always!
December 31, 2019 - December 25, 2019
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Meet the New Smut, Worse Than the Old Smut
December 11, 2019 - December 9, 2019
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Doublethinking 1984 After 70 Years
November 25, 2019 -
In the Culture of Death, Abortion Is a Sacrament
November 14, 2019 -
Dressing Up as Ourselves for Halloween
October 31, 2019 -
Santa Muerte, Don’t Pray for Us
October 21, 2019 -
‘Joker’ and the Mythology of Madness
October 1, 2019 -
Walk the wire, for beauty’s sake
September 2, 2019 -
The Birds: When the Wind Changes Overnight
June 24, 2019 - June 3, 2019
- May 14, 2019
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The Divine Tragedy of Achilles
April 15, 2019 -
The Vampyre Bicentennial: Should Catholics Be Wary?
March 4, 2019 -
Heathen Holiness: Padraic Colum’s Nordic Gods and Heroes
February 4, 2019 -
The Vulgar Morality of Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale by Robbie Burns
January 21, 2019 -
Why The Worst Christmas Story is Worth Reading
December 25, 2018 -
Thanksgiving and the Tall Tale
November 22, 2018 - October 31, 2018
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The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh (Not for the Squeamish)
September 24, 2018 -
To Beatrix in the Shadows: Johnny Town-mouse After 100 Years
August 6, 2018 -
A Tale of Two Cities: Read It Again for the First Time
April 23, 2018 - February 26, 2018
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10 Books That Every Boy Should Hazard
February 19, 2018 -
The Age of the Android: More Machine Than Man
January 4, 2018 -
The Mysterious Chest: A Merry Morbid Christmas to All
December 18, 2017 -
10 Christmas Stories Every Father Should Read to His Children
December 4, 2017 -
Murder on the Orient Express and the Theology of Murder
November 21, 2017 -
Rip Van Winkle and the American Phantasy
October 30, 2017 -
Descending into the Chocolate Factory: Are Dahl’s Works Worth it?
September 26, 2017 -
Scaramouche, Sabatini, and Spadassinicide
August 14, 2017 -
The Mystery of a Century: Who Wrote His Last Bow?
July 17, 2017 -
Captain Blood and the Real Pirates of the Caribbean
June 19, 2017 -
The Ballad of Judas Iscariot and the Burden of Lent
April 10, 2017 -
The War of the Worlds and the Significance of Science Fiction
March 23, 2017 -
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux: Triumphant Tragedy
January 26, 2017 -
A Child’s Christmas in Wales and the Ghosts of Christmas Past
December 27, 2016 -
“Re: Vampires” by John H. Watson, M.D.
November 15, 2016 -
The Spectre Bridegroom and the Immortal Love for Ghost Stories
October 24, 2016 -
On Mowgli and Tarzan: Savage Reading for Civilized Readers
September 12, 2016 -
Priest Martyrdom a Warning to the West
July 27, 2016 -
Jungle Fever: Reading for the Heart of the Summer
July 25, 2016 -
The Unsolved Mystery of Mr. Dickens
June 27, 2016 -
The Death of Harambe: Comedy or Tragedy?
June 9, 2016 -
Transeducation: What Is Truth?
May 27, 2016 -
Squirrel Nutkin and the Art of Mischief
May 23, 2016 -
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope: Escape From Cynicism
April 25, 2016 -
Don Quixote and the Via Dolorosa
March 21, 2016 -
Trent’s Last Case by E. C. Bentley: First Among Mysteries?
February 29, 2016 -
Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown: The American Nightmare
February 15, 2016 -
Marching for Life, Mother Teresa, and Mrs. Clinton
January 20, 2016 -
Dr. Seuss & How the Secular Humanist Stole Christmas
December 21, 2015 -
Homesick at Home: A Chestertonian Thanksgiving
November 23, 2015 -
Poe’s The Black Cat: The Perverseness Which Passeth Understanding
October 13, 2015 -
GKC’s The Napoleon of Notting Hill: How to Be a Catholic Lunatic
September 21, 2015 -
When a Man Calls Himself a Chicken
August 24, 2015 -
What Are You Reading This Summer? Excellent Drivel
August 13, 2015 -
Paper or Plasma? How Are You Reading This Summer?
July 27, 2015 -
What Are You Reading This Summer?
June 15, 2015 -
Dostoevsky and the Glory of Guilt
June 1, 2015 -
Superheroes Who Symbolize Rival Academic Visions
April 28, 2015 -
He Is Risen! Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Easter
April 6, 2015 -
The Merchant of Venice: Shakespearean Insincerity
March 23, 2015 -
Why Boarding Schools Are Good for Teenage Boys
March 9, 2015 -
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe: The Madness of Nevermore
February 19, 2015 -
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London: Hanging Humanity by a Thread
February 5, 2015 - January 22, 2015
- January 6, 2015
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Gravediggers, Goblins, and How Dickens Discovered Christmas
December 22, 2014 -
“Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Melville: Absurdity, Divinity, and Humanity
December 4, 2014 -
Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”: A Magnificent Horror
November 10, 2014 -
Boys, Porn and Education: What Can Be Done?
November 6, 2014 - October 31, 2014
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The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
October 9, 2014 -
What Are Your Kids Being for Halloween?
October 2, 2014 -
The House of Usher & the House of Poe: Celebrating 175 Years of Horror
September 22, 2014 - September 2, 2014
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Dostoevsky’s The Eternal Husband: Adultery, Butchery, and Prophecy
August 28, 2014 - August 18, 2014
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes
July 17, 2014 - July 11, 2014
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan: The Importance of the Impossible
June 12, 2014 -
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock Holmes’ (and Conan Doyle’s) Finest Hour
May 19, 2014 -
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse by Beatrix Potter
April 28, 2014 - April 24, 2014
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Lent: A Matter of Life in Death
April 3, 2014 -
St. Patrick—Setting Ireland Afire
March 17, 2014 -
Thomas Aquinas: Child of Christ
March 6, 2014 -
Chesterton’s The Man Who was Thursday: Nightmare or Dream Come True?
February 27, 2014 -
St. John Bosco and the Secret of Education
January 30, 2014 - January 22, 2014
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Common Core Education vs. Classical Education: A Thomistic Approach
January 10, 2014 -
“A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement C. Moore: The Doctrine of Santa Claus
December 23, 2013 -
“The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry: The Wise Fools of Christmas
December 16, 2013 -
Louisa May Alcott on How to Give Thanks
November 28, 2013 - November 20, 2013
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St. Wolfgang and the Church the Devil Built
November 4, 2013
