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Editor's Corner
Pope Saint Celestine V: Resigning to God’s Holy Will
The controversial Pope Saint Celestine V the third-last pontiff to resign the papacy, and the one who codified this possibility into canon law, died on this day on 1296, and so stands as his...
Editor's Corner
Pope Saint John I and John Paul II
We celebrate today, Pope John Saint I (+526). One might wonder why it took five centuries for a Pope to be chosen with this very biblical and apostolic name. But, then again, up until...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Paschal Baylon’s Humility and Joy
The life of Paschal Baylon (1540 - 1592) has much in common with that of his fellow Franciscan, Joseph of Cupertino (+1633). They were both Franciscan friars who adopted lives of great humility and...
Editor's Corner
Saint Brendan’s Legendary but Likely Voyage
Saint Brendan (+577) the sixth century Irish monk, called the 'Navigator', is reputed to have discovered Canada a full millennium before the Italian John Cabot – Giovanni Caboto - arrived on the shore of...
Nota in Brevis
Dymphna’s Holy Sanity
The story of Saint Dymphna (7th century), steeped in legend, is not one, perhaps, that parents would feel comfortable telling their children. Dymphna was a lovely young Irish lass, the daughter of Damon, a...
Editor's Corner
Saint Isidore the Farmer and Rerum Novarum
Saint Isidore, or, in his native Spanish, Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, was named after the other Saint Isidore, the bishop of Seville (whom we celebrated back on April 4th). This saint, known to...
Editor's Corner
The Good Choice of Matthias
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon themÂ
So wrote the Bard in his 1602 play the Twelfth Night, and 'tis fitting as a theme for the one who was...
Editor's Corner
Bad Choices: Trudeau’s 1969 Omnibus Bill
A good choice was made with Saint Matthias, in accordance with God's holy will, and we may rejoice accordingly on this feast of the Apostle.
But the good in this vale of tears always goes...
