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Editor's Corner
Ms. Pelosi and the Abortion Bill
The House of Congress in America is voting today on a sweeping abortion law, -Our Lady of Ransom and Our Lady of Walsingham, no less - which would impose on all the States the...
Editor's Corner
Missions to Moncton, Accompaniment and Papal Sensitivity
I'm not sure how one might describe the decision of Archbishop Valery Vianneau, spiritual head of the diocese of Moncton in New Brunswick, to restrict entrance to any parishes and all diocesan property to...
Quotes
Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear is the motive which constrains the slave; greed binds...
Saints
The Stigmata of Saint Francis
On September 17th, the Franciscan Order celebrates the Feast when our Seraphic Father Francis received the Stigmata of the Crucified Christ.
The servant of God, the Italian Franciscan friar, poet and the author of three...
Quotes
Flee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do. (Saint Robert Bellarmine, +1621)
Featured
Stabat Mater Dolorosa
On this memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, two beautiful renditions of Jacopone de Todi's 13th century poem, Stabat Mater, meditating on the sorrows of Mary 'standing by the Cross' (some say it was...
Quotes
We no longer die to be condemned, we die to be raised up and await the resurrection of all, which God will bring about at a time of his choosing, the creator of all...
Editor's Corner
9-11 at 20
It was twenty years ago today is the beginning of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper, but a more sombre anniversary marks this day than teaching the band to play. Many readers will recall the morning...
