John Paul Meenan, Editor
John Paul Meenan currently teaches Theology at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, with a particular interest in the relationship between faith and reason, and how the principles of our faith should impact and shape the human person and modern culture.
Early Canadian Fortitude
Today, September 26th, is the feast of the Canadian or, if you will, the North American Martyrs. They were all Jesuits, six priests and...
Signs in the Heavens
Signs, signs, everywhere, signs, blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind...
So sang the Five Man Electrical Band in their 1970 anti-establishment ballad, whose lyrics...
The Witness of the John Paul Institute
Much controversy has been raised by Pope Francis' recent reconfiguration of the constitutional make-up of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family. ...
Flying Friars and the United Nations
Today's reading, in Saint Paul's letter to the young bishop Timothy, the Apostle requests all Catholics to 'pray for those in high places', for...
The Battle of Vienna 1683
September 12th marks the anniversary of the Battle of Vienna, in 1683, when the army of the Holy Roman Empire, particularly with the help...
Hurricanes, Pot and Claver’s Charity
The inchoate and fevered brain of Jennifer Lawrence, the over-feted Hunger Games and X-Men actress, is partly right, that horrific hurricane Irma, now the...
The Squeezed Middle
There is a lot of talk of immigration of late, and far, far more to come, both of talk, and, more to the point,...
A Tale of Two Princesses
September 5th was the 20th anniversary of the death of Teresa of Calcutta, canonized by Pope John Paul II on September 4th, 2003, but...
Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justifiable?
Yesterday, North Korea purportedly test-detonated a hydrogen bomb, raising the tension in the region, and raising the prospect of yet-again the use of nuclear...
Beauty Ever Ancient, Ever New
What can one say about Saint Augustine, the great bishop and doctor of the Church, who died on this day in the year of...
