The Canadian Martyrs’ 100th and 400th Anniversaries
I just returned from Martyrs' Shrine in Midland with our Schola from Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College - and a blessed feast to...
Saints Cosmas and Damian, Patrons of Physicians
Cosmas and Damian, according to our tradition, were twin brothers, both Syrian physicians and converts to Christianity, who dedicated themselves wholly to their noble...
Blessed Emilie Tavernier-Gamelin and Walsingham
The Church in Canada venerates a number of Canadian saints and blesseds, almost all of them from Quebec, which was the only Catholic part...
The Miraculous Friar, Pio of Pietrelcina
On this 23rd day of September in 1968, at the age of 81, the long life of the Capuchin friar, Padre Pio of Pietrelcino...
Saint Januarius’ Blood
Saint Januarius was bishop of Benevuento, in the south-west of Italy, about whom a number of legends are told - that he survived unscathed...
Todd Beamer, Our Lady and God’s Perfect Will
Precision and clarity are requisite in theology, a theme developed by the great Josef Pieper. One of the reasons for this, besides the great...
Saint Joseph of Cupertino’s Joyful Levity
According to the laws of physics, a man should not be able to fly, at least without technological help. But are not the 'laws...
Saint Hildegarde von Bingen, a Renaissance Woman Before the Renaissance
Hildegarde von Bingen (+1179) is one of the newest saints in the liturgical calendar, canonized 'equipollently' by Pope Benedict XVI on May 12, 2012...
Saint Robert Bellarmine’s Clarity of Mind and Soul
In the midst of the theological and cultural confusion in which our Church is mired, we could use a few more men with the...
Mater Dolorosa, Mother of Sorrows, and the Stabat Mater
A blessed memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows to all. This feast was first celebrated in the year 1233 - in the youth of...
