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Nota in Brevis
The Sad Death of Etienne-Emile Baulieu
It's a wonder how someone who started so well, could end up doing so much harm. You likely had never heard of Dr. Baulieu, who died on Friday, May 31st at the grand old...
Editor's Corner
Saint Charles Lwanga and Companion Martyrs: The Hope of Africa
If the Church seems moribund in North America, there is hope in the vast continent of Africa, where there are untold millions of Catholics, fervent, joyful and full of life, a spiritual energy that...
Editor's Corner
Peter and Marcellinus, Hidden Yet Their Voice Goes Out Through All the Earth
Like many of the early martyrs, not much is known of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, except that they died for the Faith during the persecution of Diocletian in 304, put to death by beheading...
Nota in Brevis
Whiskey in the Ruins
This first day of June, is apparently is the anniversary of the invention of Scotch whiskey - Gaelic for aqua vitae - the water of life - which is what the Tironesian monk John...
Editor's Corner
Justin, the Philosophical Martyr
Saint Justin (+165) who is called the 'Martyr', was born around the time the last Apostle, John, departed this life for heaven. Justin was not raised in the Catholic faith – few were in...
Editor's Corner
Ascending to the Father
A blessed feast of the Ascension to all our readers who live where it’s transferred to the Sunday, when Christ ascended body and soul back to the Father, whence He was sent, to that...
Editor's Corner
The Feast of the Visitation
A blessed feast of the Visitation to all our readers, wherein we recall the meeting of no less than four chosen souls: Our Lady, Saint Elizabeth, and their respective yet-to-be-born children, the newly-conceived Son...
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Sainte Jeanne d’Arc, the Mighty Maid of Orleans
My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden: For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed.
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