These African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age. If only the mind of man might be directed not towards persecutions and religious conflicts but towards a rebirth of Christianity and civilisation! (Pope Saint Paul VI, canonization homily)

Editor's Corner

The Hope and Courage of Charles Lwanga and Companion Martyrs

If the Church seems moribund in North America, there is hope in the vast continent of Africa, where there are untold millions of Catholics,...

‘Love’ Isn’t Always Love

'Anti-hate' is all the rage, if one may excuse the mixed metaphor. The ‘anti’ of something is, logically, its contrary, and the contrary of...

A Divine Visitation

A blessed feast of the Visitation, to all our readers, wherein we recall the meeting of four chosen souls: Our Lady, Saint Elizabeth, and...

Sainte Jeanne d’Arc, the Remarkable Maid of Orleans

Saint Jeanne d’Arc (+1431), the maid of Orleans, is hailed as patroness of France, their saviour, as the story goes, in the fight for...

Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Five years ago, - way back in those halcyonic days of 2018 - on the 160th anniversary of the first apparition of Lourdes, on...

Nota in Brevis

An (Open) Letter to My Township

(Here, should it prove in any way useful, is a letter I wrote to my own local township on their decision to exhibit the...

Whiskey in the Ruins

This first day of June, is apparently is the anniversary of the invention of Scotch whiskey - Gaelic for aqua vitae - the water...

The Power of Pentecost

The celebration of Pentecost Sunday brought into my heart the very valid question which I have been asking to myself all along: What does...

Novena to the Holy Ghost, Ninth Day – The Fruits of the Holy Ghost

Ninth Day  Thou on those who evermore;  Thee confess and Thee adore, Give them comfort when they die; Give them life with Thee on high; Give them joys which...

Novena to the Holy Ghost, Eighth Day – The Gift of Wisdom

Eighth Day  Bend the stubborn heart and will;  Melt the frozen warm the chill; Guide the steps that go astray. The Gift of Wisdom Embodying all the other gifts,...