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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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 the year that Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec city, laying...

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 Atlanta Journal. Originally called Pemberton French Wine Coca, he took...

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 century Burgundian priest from a noble family, who was born...

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. Still, it's good to remind ourselves yearly of the great...

Reflections on the March for Life

I’ve been attending the March for Life here in Ottawa, Canada since its inception in the late nineties – they mentioned that this last one on May 9th was the 27th, which would mean...

Apple Crushes Reality

Technology in itself is neither good nor bad, but some technology tends more to the bad or the good. There are some theoretically good uses of, say, thermonuclear bombs - see the final scene...

JP II, Ubi Es Tu?

I had trouble at first believing it, but I just checked, and it's true: the English translations of Pope Saint John Paul II's Wednesday audiences have been deleted from the Vatican website: https://twitter.com/protectthefaith/status/1783527425135038782?s=42&t=83OSIayTnuI3BEvKR4ry8w This is rather...

Pilgrimaging at Three Miles an Hour

It seems slow - walking, that is - and, to our modern modes of transport, it is. Bikes can move at about 20 miles per hour; cars, 60; airplanes, 400 or more. Yet, as Nick...

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