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.
Return of the Taliban, 2.0
What is one to say of the 'fall of Afghanistan' over the weekend, which many - myself included - predicted as soon as we...
Falls From Grace
First there were the twisties – not a wardrobe malfunction, but a loss of muscle memory in gymnasts, who ‘forget’ their routines, and where...
Saint Roch Against the Plague
August 16th, besides the public memorial of King Stephen of Hungary, is also the feast of a very popular mediaeval Saint, Roch of Montpellier,...
Why We Still Very Much Need the Traditional Latin Mass
In light of the tangled and controversial implications of the recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes – the irony of which title still strikes me...
Dominic and the Dogs of (Spiritual) War
(As Father Attard reminds us, this is the 8th centenary of the death of the great Saint Dominic, entering heaven on August 6th, 1221,...
Anne, Joachim and Trudeau’s Tragic Legacy
A blessed feast of Saints Joachim and Anne on this July 26th, who may be deemed patrons of Canada, with the shrine of St....
Vandals, Old and New
Good Queen Vic’s at the bottom of the sea
Well, where else should she rather be?
We are witnessing a swath of wanton destruction across Canada...
Like a Tree Cut Back: Memoir of A Lost Ireland
Like a Tree Cut Back
By Michael McCarthy
The Poetry Business, Sheffield, England
smith-doorstop, 2021
Father Michael McCarthy’s memoir, Like a Tree Cut Back, takes its title from...
A Reader’s Criticism and a Rallying Cry
A reader - perhaps, as he admits, for his first and only time - wrote the following comment in response to my Dominion Day...
The Quite Real Limits of Evil
(For those who prefer auditory format, we will record some of these articles as 'podcasts', and please do let us know what you think).
History,...
