God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. (Saint John Henry Newman, +1890)

Editor's Corner

Saint Francis Borgia – Second Founder of the Jesuits

Saint Francis Borgia (1510 - 1572) was a true renaissance man, who lived two lives in one - first, as a married layman, then...

Saint Denis of Paris and Saint John Leonardi of Lucca

Besides the great John Henry Newman, we also commemorate two other saints on this day: Saint Denis, patron of Paris, was the first bishop of...

Newman the Kindly Prophet

Although he died on August 11th, in 1890, the Church commemorates Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman on October 9th. For it was on this...

Fortunate Faustina and the Divine Mercy

Today we celebrate one of the newest of saints in the liturgical calendar, placed therein only a few years ago, with October 5th, the...

Saint Francis: A Most Radical Man

There are as many ways to follow Christ as there are humans beings, even if many seem not to avail themselves of the grace...

Nota in Brevis

Neptune, Voyager and Where No Man Has Gone Before…

On this day in 1846, astronomer William Hessel discovered Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, just 17 days after Johann Galle discovered...

Feckless FEMA and Finding Our Own Way

Feckless: Lacking purpose; without skill, ineffective, incompetent; lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way. As another hurricane hurtles towards Florida - possibly a catastrophic...

Our Lady of Good Remedy

On this October 8th, we commemorate Our Lady of Good Remedy, fittingly the day after Our Lady of the Rosary (also called Our Lady...

Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary and Praying for Peace

The Holy Father and the Patriarch of Jerusalem have called for a day of prayer and fasting on this upcoming Monday, October 7th, the...

A Response to Father Scott Murray

In reply to Father Scott Murray’s article “The Perpetual Virginity of St. Joseph?”, which is in turn a response to my article “Saint Joseph’s...