Thursday, August 21, 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.

Impure Thoughts and Morose Delectation

What we know of the saints is the least part of them. So quipped Saint Philp Neri (+1595), and it is a saying that...

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Our Lady of Combermere and the Immaculate Heart

A blessed ‘feast’ of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Sedes Sapientiae, an ancient and venerable title of the Virgin Mary celebrated on June 8th...

A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer for Priests

A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages,...

Public versus Private: A Response to Dr. Catherine Pakaluk

Catherine Pakaluk, a professor at Catholic University of America, in a recent article over at First Things, seems to opine that no one should...

Saint Francis Cacciolo: Zeal for Thy House

A brief mention of Saint Francis Cacciolo (1563 - 1608), who was born during the final sessions of the Council of Trent, and died...

Cocaine-Caloried-Coca-Cola

On this 29th of May in 1886, John Pemberton, a pharmacist, placed the first advertisement for a new drink he had invented, in the...

Saint Bernard of Montjoux, or Menthon

The iconic Saint Bernard dogs take their name from today's saint, Saint Bernard of Menthon - also known as of Montjoux - an 11th...

Father Kapaun’s March Through the Valley of Death

John Stansifer has written a fascinating and inspiring life – I could scarcely put it down - on Father Emil Kapaun, an army chaplain...

Bernardine, Usury and the Holy Name

(The saint today get muted, due to the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, on the Monday after Pentecost, in the Novus Ordo....

Popes 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...