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Editor's Corner
Of Flags and Dominions
Today marks the 60th anniversary of our adoption, back in 1965 under Lester B. Pearson, of a the ‘maple leaf’ as our national flag, replacing the richer symbolism of the Canadian Red Ensign. Whatever...
Nota in Brevis
Jovinus and Faustinus, and All the Single People
Jovinus and Faustinus were two noble brothers, martyred together in the early days of the Church, in about 120 A.D, under Emperor Hadrian, after whom the wall separating England from Scotland was named. As...
Editor's Corner
Ricci and Lucia
On this February 13th we commemorate the mystic Dominican tertiary Saint Catherine Ricci (1522 – 1590), a contemporary of Saint Philip Neri (+1515 -1595), to whom she appeared by bilocation, one of her miracles for her...
Nota in Brevis
A.I, and I, Robot
The recent Vatican document on the potential dangers and benefits of advances in ‘A.I.’ – artificial intelligence - warns that the powerful algorithms could to the destruction, of humans, either in part, or in...
Reviews
Bach’s ‘With Joy and Peace I Depart’
In 1725, on this feast of the Presentation/Candlemas/Purification, J.S. Bach first presented his cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin - With Joy and Peace I Depart, from a hymn by Martin Luther,...
Nota in Brevis
Tragic Collisions
In 1754, author Hugh Walpole coined the term serendipity to mean a fortunate circumstance or meeting. Whatever the contrary term may be, we saw it unfold on January 29th in Washington, when a Black...
Nota in Brevis
Advanced Directives for Euthanasia in Quebec
A note of exhortation from the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Canada to fill out the survey below, in light of the proposed law in Quebec that would permit advanced directives for euthanasia,...
Articles
Antiqua and Nova: Artificial and Human Intelligence
(The Vatican - specifically, the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the Dicastery for Culture - have issued a warning on the dangers of artificial intelligence, providentially as China has just released...
