Catholic Insight
This Sweet and Merry Month of May
On this first day of May, dedicated to Mary, in this year after the 400th anniversary year of the death of one of England's...
The Demise, and Rise, of the ‘Book’
Here's an intriguing, and for some, disturbing, take on the publishing industry:
https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
The title is a bit misleading, in a provocative way, for people are...
Marie of the Incarnation: Canadian Mystic and Missionary
Marie de l’Incarnation: Études de théologie spirituelle by Pierre Gervais, S.J.: A Review
Marie of the Incarnation, born Marie Guyart, was one of the first...
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano (+1317) is one of the 'incorruptibles'. She was born in the picturesque cliff-top Italian city on January 28th, 1268, the...
Ælfheah of Canterbury and Leo IX of Rome
Two saints are commemorated on this 19th of April, both of the Middle Ages:
Saint Ælfheah of Canterbury, more commonly known as 'Alphege', was born...
Trudeau’s New ‘Housing’ Plan
G.K. Chesterton quipped once, if memory serves, that each man, with some diligent and faithful hard work, should be able to afford 'three acres...
Culloden and Bonnie Prince Charlie
One more note on this April 16th, which also marks the anniversary of the Battle of Culloden in 1746, when the Scottish regiments, in...
Google as a Truth Engine?
Most people lie. At least, so it seems, according to a recent podcast by Terry O'Reilly's Under the Influence, which, unlike many shows Canada's...
Masterpieces of Easter Music
The original Gregorian chant of the traditional Easter sequence, Victimae paschali laudes, which goes back to the 11th century, perhaps to Wipo of Burgundy,...
