Monday, August 18, 2025

John Paul Meenan, Editor

John Paul Meenan, Editor
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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.

A Reply to Bishop Strickland

I am humbled that Bishop Strickland not only took the time to read my few thoughts on two articles recently published on LifeSiteNews, but...

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: The Renewal of Catechetics

The saints during Lent - with few exceptions, such as Saint Joseph - are celebrated as muted 'commemorations', but that does not decrease their...

Charitable Status to be, or not to be, Revoked – and Then Some: Whither...

Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear...

Saint Patrick and His Emerald Isle

A very happy Saint Patrick’s Day, to all our readers, and we extend that to all who are of Irish lineage, or those who...

Saint Mathilda, Regina et Mater

Saint Mathilda (c. 892 - 968) of Ringleheim - which has a melodious mediaeval ring to it - was of royal vintage, when that...

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

We would remiss on this March 10th if we didn’t mention the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, a group of elite Roman legionaries –...

Saint John Ogilvie, the Last Martyr of Scotland

John Ogilvie was born in 1579, just as the Protestant 'reformation' was taking hold in Britain, including his native land of Scotland, led by...

Saint Frances of Rome – Finding Your Path Where You May Not Have Wanted

We should not be surprised that the saints speak to us through the ages, how they responded in their own era - always with...

A Day to Truly Honour Women

March 8th is International Women’s Day – which I am at least glad to read they have not (yet?) modified to ‘Womxn’s’ Day – is...

The Radical Prodigal, Saint John of God

Saints are by definition ‘extreme’, for they live a liminal life, on the very threshold of eternity, seeing past the veil of this world....