Amongst the Oratorians - to whom I owe more than I could ever give back - Blessed Sebastian Valfrè is celebrated on this day, the anniversary of his death in 1710. I'm a bit...
Some readers may have come across an opinion piece in the Catholic Register, the diocesan newspaper of the Toronto Archdiocese, written by one of our students, Rory McKay here at Our Lady Seat of...
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship...Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)
A blessed memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, co-workers of Saint Paul, both of them ordained by him into the early episcopacy of the Church, when every bishop was a ‘missionary’, sent forth into...
Dan Hitchens has just composed one of the most insightful pieces on transgenderism I've come across, using Saint Joan of Arc as a metaphor, in contradistinction to the modern media, who have adopted her...
Here is some food for thought as further proof of the socialist dysfunctionality of Canada under Justin Trudeau, even if, we must admit, the bloating of the wealth-consuming public sector, at the expense of...
Saint Ita was an early Irish nun, Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad in Gaelic (+ ca. 480 - 577). Descended from royalty (the King of Fara was an ancestor), she was baptized not long after...
Today's reading from Samuel, telling the origin story of our biblical hero, ends with the words of the prophet, 'speak, Lord, for thy servant is listening'. Samuel's name in Hebrew, given to him by...