Charles A. Coulombe

Charles A. Coulombe, KCSS (born November 8, 1960) is an American writer and lecturer. Coulombe is known for his advocacy of monarchism.[1][2]

For other people named Charles Coulombe, see Charles Coulombe (disambiguation).
Charles A. Coulombe

KCSS
Born
Charles A. Coulombe

(1960-11-08) November 8, 1960
Manhattan, New York, New York, U.S.
Alma materNew Mexico Military Institute
OccupationWriter
MovementTraditionalist Catholicism

Early life and education
2018, Charles A. Coulombe during a World War I commemoration in Zagreb, organized by Croatian monarchists and nobility

Charles A. Coulombe was born in Manhattan on November 8, 1960. His parents were actors, and six years later the family moved to Hollywood, California, taking up residence in an apartment building owned by The Amazing Criswell, the then famed television psychic through whom he met the now-famous film-maker, Ed Wood. Depending upon their financial fortunes, Coulombe went to a mixture of private and public schools in the Los Angeles area, attending college at New Mexico Military Institute and California State University, Northridge, majoring in political Science.

Career

After spending three years as a stand-up comic on the Sunset Strip, Coulombe authored his first book, Everyman Today Call Rome, a look at the Catholic Church in America from an under-30 viewpoint. In 1990, some of his poetry was published in The White Cockade. Coulombe's work has appeared in more than 20 journals, including regular columns in Fidelity of Australia, PRAG of London, Monarchy Canada, and Creole of Louisiana. A contributing editor and regular movie reviewer to the National Catholic Register, he has also been a frequent contributor to such publications as the Catholic Herald, Success, Catholic Twin Circle, FATE, New Oxford Review, and Gnosis.

Lecturing on a wide variety of religious, political, historical, and literary topics has taken him throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In August 1992, he spoke at Oxford University, England. In October 1993 he embarked on a lecture tour of Ireland, Scotland, and England. The following year he returned to the latter two nations, and in 1995 spoke at Oxford and Cambridge. Coulombe has lectured repeatedly at the University of Southern California on the history of rock and roll, and at Cleveland's John Carroll University on medieval monarchy. He has acted as a media consultant on all things Catholic, especially the history of the Papacy. Alongside William L. Biersach, Coulombe regularly lectures at St. Therese's Church in Alhambra, California on various topics regarding the Catholic Faith.

Coulombe yearly attends tarot card readings with neo-Gnostic bishop Stephan A. Hoeller at the Besant Lodge in order to break down tarot cards and attempt to convert his audience to the Catholic Faith.

Coulombe was commended by Pope Saint John Paul II for his book Vicars of Christ: A History of the Popes, and by order of John Paul II, Coulombe was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester for his services rendered to the Holy See. He has later on also provided narration for ABC News, Fox News, and for the BBC during the funeral of John Paul II and the election and installation of Pope Benedict XVI. Coulombe had also been awarded the Christian Law Institute's Christ King Journalism Award in 1992.[3][4]

In 2018, he moved from Los Angeles to Trumau, Austria, where he currently resides and studies theology at the International Theological Institute.

Alongside Vincent Frankini of Tumblar House, Coulombe is the featured speaker on "Off the Menu", a weekly Catholic podcast available on platforms such as YouTube and Spotify. Coulombe and Frankini discuss current events such as in the politics and ecclesiastical realms as well as answering questions from their listeners.

Political activism

Coulombe is a Traditionalist Catholic. He served as the Western U.S. Delegate to the Grand Council of International Monarchist League. He is a member of the Catholic Writer's Guild of Great Britain, the Royal Stuart Society and the Knights of Peter Claver.[5] Coulombe is a founding board member of the Queen of Angels Foundation, a Roman Catholic devotional society based in Los Angeles.

In 1995, Coulombe as a representative of the International Monarchist League met Mwami Kigeli V in Southern California.[6]

Coulombe aligns with and has voted for the American Solidarity Party.[7] He has defended the Society of Saint Pius X in his writings and radio and podcast appearances.[8][9] He supports the establishment of a Catholic state.[10]

Bibliography
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Books
  • Coulombe, Charles A., ed. (2002). The muse in the bottle : great writers on the joys of drinking. New York: Citadel Press.
  • —, ed. (2003). Classic horror stories : sixteen legendary stories of the supernatural. Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press.
  • — (2004). Haunted castles of the world : ghostly legends and phenomena from keeps and fortresses around the globe. Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press.
  • — (2004). Haunted places in America : a guide to spooked and spooky public places in the United States. Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press.
  • Rum: The Epic Story of the Drink That Conquered the World, Citadel, 2004. ISBN 0-8065-2581-9
  • — (2008). The Pope's legion : the multinational fighting force that defended the Vatican. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Puritan's Empire, Tumblar House, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9791600-5-9
  • Desire & Deception, Tumblar House, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9842365-1-0
  • The White Cockade: Catholic Poetry and Verse, Tumblar House, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9842365-0-3
  • Everyman Today Call Rome, Tumblar House, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9842365-6-5
  • Vicars of Christ, Tumblar House, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9883537-2-5
  • Star-Spangled Crown, Tumblar House, 2016. ISBN 978-1-944339-05-0
  • — (2017). A Catholic quest for the Holy Grail. Charlotte, NC: TAN Books.
  • Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and His Legacy, TAN Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5051-1328-0

Articles
  • Coulombe, Charles A. (Winter–Spring 2006). "Rum, Romanism, and rebellion ... enumerated, explained, extolled". Catholic Men's Quarterly. 2 (4): 8–13.

References
  1. Ariel Sabar (March 27, 2013). "A King With No Country". Washingtonian.
  2. Leslie Wayne (January 6, 2018). "What's the Cure for Ailing Nations? More Kings and Queens, Monarchists Say". The New York Times.
  3. "Author". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. "Charles A. Coulombe". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  5. International Monarchist League Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 30 November 2015
  6. "Exiled King Brings Lonely Battle to L.A. : Royalty: Kigeli V, deposed 34 years ago and thought to be living more like a pauper than a monarch, visits to raise support for Rwanda". Los Angeles Times. 1995-03-18. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  7. Coulombe, Charles A. "The American Solidarity Party". YouTube. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  8. "Charles Coulombe Responds". Tumbler House Catholic Bookstore. May 9, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  9. "Coulombe: Attendance at SSPX not Grave Disobedience". February 28, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  10. Coulombe, Charles (May 9, 2018). "Quest for the Catholic State". Tumbler House Catholic Bookstore. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
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