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.
The 440 Hertz Conspiracy
I had no idea this was even a thing, but as I was preparing to teach a Chorus class, I came across this article...
Saints Cloud, Corbinian and Hadrian
I quite like the sound of the name Saint Cloud, whom we celebrated yesterday - ethereal and heavenly, fitting for these last days of...
Father Joseph Hattie, O.M.I., Rest in Peace
It is with sadness to let readers know that Father Joseph Hattie, O.M.I. died this morning, Sunday, September 8th, fittingly on what is Our...
Saint Bartholomew, aka Nathaniel, In Whom There Was No Guile
A blessed feast of Saint Bartholomew, to one and all! Like many of the Apostles, we don't know all that much about the life...
The Legendary Saint Helena
The early life of Saint Helena, or Helen, who is commemorated on this August 18th, is shrouded in legend, with some historical roots, as...
Saint Hyacinth and His Perogies
Saint Hyacinth (1185 - 1257) was one of the earliest members of the Dominicans – the Order of Preachers - clothed in the habit...
Saint Roch: Patron Saint of Bachelors and Dogs
Saint Roch (1295 - 1376?) - also known as Rock, or, in Scotland, Rollox, not to be confused with the luxury watch of similar...
Saint Edith Stein’s Witness to the Cross
Edith Stein (+ 1942) was a brilliant philosopher, earning her doctorate summa cum laude in August of 1916 on the problem of empathy - understanding...
Lessons From Thalidomide
(Some thoughts from a few years ago, in the midst of the Covidian panic, with a lesson from an heroic Canadian physiologist which bears...
Trois Jours au QuĂ©bec – Three Days in Quebec
Quebec is a paradox, much like France, whose offshoot she is. So Catholic on the outside: majestic churches towering over the countryside and cities,...
