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Nota in Brevis
Saint Ursula and her Myriad Companions
Today is the traditional commemoration of Saint Ursula, who was put to death on this October 21st, in 383, along with - as the legend has it - 11,000 virgin martyr companions. They were...
Editor's Corner
Queen Elizabeth’s Mixed Legacy
The many accolades heaped upon Queen Elizabeth have their place. She was, as promised in that early address of 1941, devoted to her duty, at least as she saw it, exemplified in her wartime...
Editor's Corner
Saint Hedwig of Silesia: Poland’s Crown and Glory
It's a special day for the Polish, as one of their patrons is celebrated, at least here in Canada, on this day - normally, Saint Hedwig of Silesa (+1243) (not to be confused with...
Editor's Corner
Ignatius Ground to Wheat, While Canada Grows its Pot
(This being not only the memorial of the one of the Church's earliest post-Apostolic martyrs, the great Ignatius, who may have known the Apostle John personally, but also the fifth anniversary of the legalization...
Book
Hilary Mantel’s Reformation Revisionism
Hilary Mantel, English novelist died last week at the age of 70. Her fame - or infamy, depending on one's perspective - rests largely upon her 'Wolf Hall' sagas of the Reformation period, made...
Editor's Corner
O Crux Ave Spes Unica
A blessed and glorious feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross! Also called the Triumph of the Cross and, at times, the 'Invention' of the Cross, in the original sense of that term,...
Editor's Corner
Elizabeth, Regina, Requiescat in Pace
Queen Elizabeth has died, after a reign of 70 years, at the age of 96, at the royal residence of Balmoral, Scotland, on this, Our Lady's Birthday. Requiescat in pace, and we may hope...
Nota in Brevis
Gerard Manley Hopkins and God’s Grandeur
A recital, and brief commentary, on Gerard Manley Hopkins' 1877 poem, which provides a parable on the proper care for creation, and, perhaps, a lesson for the Schwaub, Thunberg, Trudeau and the WEF crowd:
