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Reviews
Musical Offering: Bach’s Cantata for the Purification of Mary
J.S. Bach was a devout Lutheran, and, unlike some of the Protestant sects, had a great devotion to Our Lady. In 1725, on this February 2nd, the Feast of her Purification, when we also...
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Thomas’ Pange Lingua
Saint Thomas Aquinas spent some time in the early 1260's in the beautiful Italian city of Orvieto, perched way high up on a promontory, about an hour outside Rome. When I visited there years ago,...
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Deviance Normalized
I've never liked the term 'gay' applied to deviant sexuality. It's a good word - or, perhaps was - meaning happy, joyful. Don we now our gay apparel, and all that, which no longer...
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Praying for Christian Unity
We're a bit late getting to this - and apologies for that, but better that than never. The best laid plans o' mice and men and a' that. This is the week of prayer...
Editor's Corner
Darwin’s Long Shadow
(There is no end to the books on Darwin and evolution. Even if the initial controversy has settled down amongst mainstream scientists, questions abound, as the notion of complexity continues to confound the relatively...
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Chant Workshop in Ottawa
For those who want to learn something about the great tradition of Gregorian chant, or hone your incipient skills, there will be a a Chant workshop offered by Miss Catherine Helferty in Ottawa with...
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Cardinals in Consistory
The 245 cardinals of the Catholic Church - give or take a few - are gathering today and tomorrow in consistory to discuss various issues. We don't know precisely what they may discuss -...
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Pope Saint Telesphorus
This fifth of January is the traditional commemoration of the eighth bishop of Rome after Saint Peter, namely, Saint Telesphorus. Not much is known about his life: He was Greek, and was chosen Pope...
