Blesseds Vasyl and Nykyta: Hidden Ukrainian and Canadian Treasures
Those espousing the subversive doctrines of socialism and communism - which includes almost every Democrat and Liberal in Canada, along with nearly the entirety...
Saints John and Paul – and Josemaria
We usually try to commemorate the saints in the current, public liturgical calendar, but now and again, we will mention those more hidden, even...
Stand Before the Lord!
In the annals of the continued deviations of celebrations of the Novus Ordo - going way beyond what Vatican II and even the post-conciliar...
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Bent Iron, and Summer’s Solstice
On this memorial we remember Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (+ 1591), a Jesuit scholastic who died at what we might consider the too-young age of...
Mary’s Immaculate and Maternal Heart
On the Saturday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of His Mother Mary, the...
The Logic of the Sacred Heart
Today's solemnity of the Sacred Heart is of rather recent provenance as Church history goes. Although the full humanity of Christ, body and soul,...
Saint Germaine Cousin – A Catholic Cinderella
Not many Catholics know of Germaine Cousin (+1601) today, which is likely how the saint would have liked it, for she lived an obscure,...
Anthony of Padua…or Lisbon
Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at...
Ephraim’s Mission of Beauty
In the Church universal, we celebrate the life of Saint Ephraim, often called the 'Syrian', who is also venerated amongst the Orthodox (on January...
From Merrie Ireland to Bonnie Scotland: Saint Columbkille
If you will forgive a little parochialism, today is the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), also called Columba, who is not celebrated in the...