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.
Bishop Sheen and the Betrayal of Judas
Judas is an intriguing figure, perhaps not for the right reasons, but nonetheless, he's given to us in the Gospels for a reason -...
The Virgin Mary and Her Share in the Redemptive Work of Her Son
In light of the Holy Father's address the other day, in which he mentioned that Mary was and is not a 'co-redeemer', with Christ,...
Be It Done to Me According to Thy Will
A blessed solemnity of the Annunciation! to all our readers, which commemorates the conception of the Son of God in the womb of the...
The Sacred Sacrifice and the Secular Mindset
The bishops of Quebec, Vancouver, and Toronto and other sundry regions seem finally to realize what is at stake. When Covid first hit, they...
The Line in the BC Sand
As we wrote recently, British Columbia currently has a total prohibition on public religious services; what is of most concern to Catholics is the...
Bill C-7 Passes the House
Like the Angel of Death, but one that did not pass over, Bill C-7 has been approved by the House of Commons, the Liberals...
Austen, Python and Regaining Humour
Why are things funny? Humour has eluded philosophers, and even more so scientists - and we are living in an increasingly humourless world, with...
Let My People Go…
In this Lenten season, readers may feel like the Israelites, under their heavy taskmasters in Egypt, forced to make bricks without straw. People must...
Don’t Get Comatose: The German Euthanasia Program and the Barbarism of Bill C-7
George Santayana's aphorism that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it came to mind quite forcefully this week. And, I...
Thanatophilia, Thanatophobia, Keep Your Chins Up, and Keep That Hope in Ya’
(The title of this brief reflection was an attempt at a musical rhyme - and if the theme were not so tragic, I might...
