Wednesday, May 21, 2025

It is enough to notice that if some small mistake were made in doctrine, huge blunders would be made in human happiness. A sentence phrased wrong about the nature of symbolism would have broken all the best statues in Europe. A slip in the definitions might stop all the dances: might wither all the Christmas trees or break all the Easter eggs. (G.K. Chesterton)

Editor's Corner

Eugène de Mazenod’s Oblation

Fittingly, in this month of Mary, we celebrate on this May 21st Saint Eugène de Mazenod (+1861), the 19th century founder of the Missionaries...

Father Magallanes’ Mexican Martyrdom

The twentieth century saw the rise of various vicious anti-Catholic regimes, totalitarian and ruthless in their demonic fury to stamp out the Church. Ecrasez...

Bernardine, Usury and the Holy Name

Saint Bernardine of Siena (+1444) lived through a tumultuous time in the Church's history. The Great Western Schism had begun in 1378, two years...

Victoria Day, Dominion and Ales

A happy Victoria Day to all our readers, when we celebrate the history of our Dominion, first as a French, then a British colony,...

Pope Leo’s First Days and Inaugural Mass

The signs have been hopeful in this first week of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate - full regalia, clear teaching, warm demeanour, pastoral yet doctrinal. On...

Nota in Brevis

Apologetics, 101

“The Church needs to promote apologetics, which is aimed at affirming the truth of Christian revelation, the harmony of faith and reason, and a...

Tolkien and Saint Brendan

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much else besides Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit - he was an Oxford scholar, with many articles and essays...

A Brief Clip of Robert Prevost-Leo XIV

Intriguing to see the then-Father Robert Prevost, as Prior of the Augustinians, now Pope Leo XIV, play a brief part in this documentary on...

Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Saint André-Hubert Fournet

On this propitious 13th day of May, we should also commemorate Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a feast propagated by the saint...

Ice Saints

No, these are not patron saints of the immigration enforcement branch of the U.S., but rather four saints who by tradition welcome in warmer...