What is The League of Bearded Catholics?
First, let’s make clear what The League of Bearded Catholics is not… it is not an organization, let alone a Catholic men’s organization. With some work it could become, say, a Loose Association, but even that sounds like too much fuss. The League is meant to be held together by nothing much more than a sincere and spontaneous appreciation for Catholic culture, for authentic Catholic manhood and for the company of Catholic men and the women who tolerate them. If there is a chewy center to the Tootsie Roll Pop that is The League, it is an appreciation and gratitude especially for the lives and literary work of Tolkien, Lewis, Belloc and Chesterton – TLBC – (not necessarily in that order). So, TLBC stands equally for The League of Bearded Catholics, and for Tolkien, Lewis, Belloc and Chesterton. You may have noticed that they are all dead British guys, and all important Christian writers of the twentieth century. You may also have noticed that not all of these gentlemen wore beards. Oka
