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A Few Not So Good Men

Back in 2003, I argued with a priest friend over his support for proposed legislation governing reproductive technology, which would legalize, and fund, things like in vitro fertilization, bringing them under government control. He...

Britain Votes for or Against Life

If you read this in time, join in prayer for England, about to vote, or has already voted, on this May 15th, whether to extend legal abortion right up to birth. Our Lady of Walsingham...

The Boy Scouts and Mounties Had A Good Run

It was good while it lasted, one last refuge for men; or, at least, boys growing into men, with all that implies: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/end-era-boy-scouts-america-officially-changes-name/ I was a guest at a couple's house recently, south of the border...

Vatican Norms for Apparitions and Revelations

In 1978, the Vatican issued guidelines for discerning the veracity of visions and revelations. Specifically, these were issued by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (SCDF), and I'm still not sure...

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 finest composers, William Byrd, we thought it fitting to post...

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 still 'buying books', just not in the traditional and historical...

First, do what is necessary, then do what is possible, and before long you will find yourself doing the impossible. (Saint Catherine of Siena, +1380)

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 arrivals in 'New France', which would later become Canada, arriving...

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