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Editor's Corner
A Re-Appreciation of What the Mass Really Is
Absence makes the heart grow fonder…
The proverb holds true in the main, but not, we must admit, always. There are many things, and we may admit, even people, we look back upon not with...
Editor's Corner
Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine
We have celebrated a number of 'Catherines' of late in our liturgical calendar: Kateri Tekakwitha on April 17th; Catherine of Siena on April 29th; and, today, Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine (+1688), venerated as...
Articles
The Devil Inside
On November 22nd, 1997 – the memorial of the patroness of music, Saint Cecelia - the lead singer of the 80’s rock band INXS, Michael Hutchence, was found dead in his luxury hotel room...
Nota in Brevis
Despair, Suicide, Hope and Life
After the collapse of the Nazi regime in the wake of World War II, there was a slew of suicides - not just amongst the uber-corrupt 'elite' who had organized the purges, the labour...
Editor's Corner
Saint Fidelis’ Greatest Sermon
Today is the feast of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, (+1622) whose original name was Mark Rey:Â His names comes from his birthplace, with the Fidelis his name in religion, after he joined the Capuchins...
Editor's Corner
The True Message of Earth Day
This is the fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day, first officially celebrated on this day in 1970, with its roots in the nascent environmentalist movement, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the exaggerated effects of...
Articles
Tales of Canterbury
(A re-posting of my reflections, nearly two years ago now, of my pilgrimage to Canterbury, in light of today's memorial to one of her greatest Archbishops, indeed one of the most outstanding bishops of...
Editor's Corner
Quasimodo’s Hope and Mercy
This last day in the Octave of Easter marks the twentieth anniversary of the proclamation of this Sunday as dedicated to the Divine Mercy by Pope Saint John Paul II – and a blessed...
