W.C. Hoag
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Lay Ecclesial Minister |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Introduction | I am a lay ecclesial minister in the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. I serve the Church in catechetical ministry at the diocesan level and teach part-time at St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology as well as Notre Dame College of Ohio, both in the Cleveland Diocese. I am currently finishing a D.Min. degree. My doctoral project is study of the implementation of Extraordinary Form liturgy according to Benedict XVI's motu proprio "Summorum Pontificum" in several parishes of the Cleveland Diocese. I hold an MA in theology from John Carroll University and an MA in Church History from the Catholic University of America. I am a member of the Confraternity of St. Peter and the Knights of Columbus. |
| Interests | All things counterrevolutionary considered, the restauration of the Good the True and the Beautiful, the clash between Tradition and modernity, Britannia Calendonia and Hibernia, Österreich, Hrvatska, union of Throne and Altar, Imperium Romanum et Una Sancta Catholica et Apostolica Ecclesia Romana, meine schöne Frau, Chestertonian mirth in Irish pubs, leisurely hikes, premium ales and stouts, ruminating and reading |
| Favorite Movies | The Passion of the Christ, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, Conflict (a.k.a. Catholics), The Wickerman, Legend, Dune, Dragonslayer, Conan the Barbarian, The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen, Heavy Metal, Fire and Ice, Wizards, The Dark Crystal, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, Brazil, The Neverending Story, A Nightmare on Elmstreet, Phantasm, The Matrix, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Erasurehead, Stoned Age, Detroit Rock City, Excalibur, Dazed and Confused, Unicorn City, City of Lost Children, Heathers, Pump Up the Volume, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wild At Heart, Friday the 13th, Children of the Corn, Time Bandits, Edward Scissorshands, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Flash Gordon, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Ed Wood, Glen or Glenda?, Bride of the Monster, Plan 9 From Outterpace, The Lost Boys, The Keep, Hellraiser, Candyman, Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh, Jacob's Ladder, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Craft, Gothic |
| Favorite Music | Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Neo-Folk, Celtic, New Age, 19th-Century German Opera, Gregorian Chant, Spanish Polyphony, Goth, Industrial/EBM, Jangle Pop, 80s New Wave, Bluegrass, Slovenian-Style Polka |
| Favorite Books | "The Illiad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Aligheri, "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh, "The Ball and the Cross" by G.K. Chesterton, "The Crisis of Civilisation" by Hilaire Belloc, "Lord of the World" by Robert Hugh Benson, "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkein, "That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis, "Essayo sobre Catolicismo Liberalismo y Socialismo" by Donoso Cortes, "Weird Tales" by H.P. Lovecraft, "The Legend of Sleepy Hallow" by Washington Irving, "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Neuromancer" by William Gibson, "Everyman Today Call Rome" by Charles A. Coulombe, "The Darkness Did Not" by William Biersach, "Windswept House" by Malachi Martin, "A Canticle for Liebowitz" by Walter M. Miller, "The Hills Were Liars" by Riley Hughes, "Revolution and Counter-Revolution" by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, "The Catholic Milieu" by Thomas Storck, "The Restoration of Christian Culture" by John Senior, "The Hitchhiker's Trilogy" by Douglas Adams, "Code of the Woosters" by P.G. Wodehouse |
Dicit illis vos autem quem me esse dicitis? (Mt. XVI,xv)