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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.
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The Necessity of An ‘Ordo Amoris’

The notion of the ‘ordo amoris’ – the ‘order of love’ - has generated some debate of late, not least since some big names have been involved: JD Vance responding to Pope Francis, and...

Mary’s Immaculate and Maternal Heart

On the Saturday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of His Mother Mary, the one from whom He took his flesh – hence, their...

Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and Saint Cyril of Alexandria

Today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, even if it be muted this year due to the Sacred Heart - signified in one of the most famous ‘icons’ of the...

Saints John and Paul – and Josemaria

We usually try to commemorate the saints in the current, public liturgical calendar, but now and again, we will mention those more hidden, even if they have a long and venerable history of being...

What Vatican II Actually Said on the Mass

IN the wake of the blessed Solemnity of Corpus Christi - whether you celebrated on the proper Thursday, or the following Sunday -  with liturgical battles still raging in dioceses across the land, perhaps...

The Liminal and Luminous Birth of John the Baptist

A blessed Solemnity! We celebrate the birthdays of three ‘saints’ in our liturgical calendar: Christ Himself, the Son of God, of course, on Christmas Day; His Mother, the Virgin Mary, on September 8th; and,...

Britain’s Descent into Darkness

The once-merrie-and-Catholic land of Britain – the two adjectives go together like apple pie and ice cream – continues to descend down the dark tunnel of the culture of death. In the last week,...

Corpus Christi and the Poetry of Thomas Aquinas

(In Canada, the Solemnity is transferred to the next Sunday. In the universal Church, and various traditional rites and communities, it is celebrated on the proper day, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. So here be...

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