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Editor's Corner
Teresa of Avila, Doctor of Prayer
Today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), a discalced Carmelite nun who reformed the Order, which traced its origins way back to the 12th century in the Holy Land, to that...
Editor's Corner
Saint Callixtus: From Slave, to Pope, to Martyr
October 14th is the memorial of Saints Callixtus, (+222-223) (also spelled Callistus), whose life is historically shrouded, as are many of the early Christians. Some say he was a reformed slave who lived a...
Editor's Corner
The Final Apparition and Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three seers Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia. The Virgin appeared as the...
Editor's Corner
Thanksgiving Day
A blessed and joyful Thanksgiving to all of our readers! We extend this to our American neighbours, even if they hold their own day of thanks later in November, but who do honour Christopher...
Nota in Brevis
Good Pope John and His Council
Today marks the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, now more than six decades back to those heady days of the early sixties, the future, to many eyes, full of promise...
Editor's Corner
Mrs. Clancy and the Children
I’ve hesitated to write about the Lindsay Clancy case, for the whole tragedy is quite literally ‘obscene’, which is to say, too gruesome to be visualized, put on display or even put into words....
Editor's Corner
Saint Francis Borgia – Second Founder of the Jesuits
Saint Francis Borgia (1510 - 1572), whom we recall on this October 10th, was a true renaissance man, who lived two lives in one - first, as a married layman, then as a Jesuit...
Editor's Corner
Saint Denis of Paris and Saint John Leonardi of Lucca
Besides the great John Henry Newman, we also commemorate two other saints on this day:
Saint Denis, patron of Paris, was the first bishop of what would later be called the 'city of lights', and...
