Catholic Insight
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,...
The Quiet Man
Call me a sentimentalist, but it's one of my favourite short stories, evoking an Ireland that no longer is, but may be again:
https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/walshm-quietman/walshm-quietman-00-h.html
The 1952...
Vivaldi’s Magnificat
Monsignor Antonio Vivaldi was not only one of the greatest of Baroque composers, but also a Catholic priest, who directed a girls' orphanage, for...
Signs in the Sky
Signs can be ambiguous, or they can be very certain. There are the 'signs' of the sacraments fall into the latter category, given to...
Napoleon and ABBA’s Waterloo
In one of those odd confluences of history, today marks the day in 1793 when the Committee of Public Safety - a modern ring,...
Miss Rowling’s Stand
I was never a big fan of the Harry Potter books, for various reasons. I tried to read one - I was not their...
Saint Richard of Sussex
Saint Richard of Chichester (+1253) was a mediaeval bishop in Sussex - now the patron saint of that bucolic region in the south of...
It’s Official: John Paul II Day in Canada
Our parish priest reminded us this morning that by statutory law in Canada, today is officially 'John Paul II Day'. I must confess that...
