John Paul Meenan

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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Blessed Emilie Tavernier-Gamelin and Walsingham

The Church in Canada venerates a number of Canadian saints and blesseds, almost all of them from Quebec, which was the only Catholic part of Canada for many years, and now, sadly, is in...

The Miraculous Friar, Pio of Pietrelcina

On this 23rd day of September in 1968, at the age of 81, the long life of the Capuchin friar, Padre Pio of Pietrelcino ended. The Capuchin friar, holding his Rosary (rarely ever out...

Saint Thomas of Villanova

Saint Thomas of Villanova (1488 - 1555) is in some regions still a very popular saint, with novenas preceding his traditional feast day on September 22nd. A large town and university is named after...

Matthew’s Marvelous Metanoia

Saint Matthew, also known as Levi, presents Christ as the new Moses, leading His people from the darkness and slavery of sin into the light and freedom of salvation. Matthew was of the same...

The Indomitable Faith of Saint Andrew Kim-Taegon and the Martyrs of Korea

Today -  in muted form, since this year it falls on a Sunday - we commemorate the feast of the countless martyrs of Korea, led by the indomitable convert priest, Father Andrew Kim Taegon,...

Saint Januarius’ Blood

Saint Januarius was bishop of Benevuento, in the south-west of Italy, about whom a number of legends are told - that he survived unscathed being burnt in a furnace, that wild bears refused to...

Todd Beamer, Our Lady and God’s Perfect Will

Precision and clarity are requisite in theology, a theme developed by the great Josef Pieper. One of the reasons for this, besides the great importance of understanding revelation correctly, is that the object of...

Saint Joseph of Cupertino’s Joyful Levity

According to the laws of physics, a man should not be able to fly, at least without technological help. But are not the 'laws of physics', as Chesterton posits, themselves miracles? Why should trees...

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