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Bob Newhart, Catholic Comedian, Requiescat in Pace
Bob Newhart died the other day, and readers - at least, those of a certain era - may recall his dry, deadpan humour in his comedy routines, especially his two popular sitcoms, both named...
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What’s In a Name?
On this day in 1917, the royal family of England, by order of King George V, changed their name from Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha to the simpler, and more English, 'Windsor', named after the castle and estates...
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The Significance of July 16
Some days have more 'history' to them than others, today's July 16th being one of them. As I just wrote, it is the memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and the vision to...
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Saint Simon Stock and the Scapular
Saint Simon Stock (1165-1265) was an English Carmelite, who helped establish the ancient contemplative Order in England and Italy, founding monasteries in Cambridge, Oxford, and Bologna. He organized the first Chapter of the Carmelites...
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Krytia Freeland’s ‘Free’ Contraceptives
As the official government webpage puts it:
âŠthe Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Yaâara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, highlighted...
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Blessed Simon of Lipnica (1435/1440 c. – 1482)
Blessed Simon was born in Lipnica Murowana, in the south of Poland, between the years 1435-1440. His parents, Gregory and Anne, knew how to give him a good education, inspired by the values of...
Editor's Corner
Saint John Gualbert – A Prodigious Prodigal
Giovanni Gaulberto (985 â 1073) â or John Gualbert â was born into a noble Italian family, and like many such, had a dissolute youth, in vanities and âromantic intriguesâ. Hmm. But he was...
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Three Books from a Canadian Author
Up-and-coming author Ben Galeski has written three novels thus far, two of them published by Justin Press, and the third about to be. They are works of historical fiction, a demanding genre, for one...
