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Nota in Brevis
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga and the Summer’s Solstice
On this 21st day of June, we remember Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (+ 1591), a Jesuit scholastic - which is to say, a seminarian - who died at what we might consider the too-young age...
Editor's Corner
Romuald’s Erimetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by the saint's way of life, donated the land on which...
Editor's Corner
A Tale of Three Weddings
I was cycling through a city park about a month ago, quite a lovely one, with a small lake, and pavilions, in one of which I noticed a mother and daughter placing a number...
Editor's Corner
Saint Germaine Cousin – A True Cinderella Story
Not many Catholics today know of Germaine Cousin (+1601), which is likely how the saint would have liked it. Amare nesciri, as Saint Philip, her Italian near-contemporary, would have said. For Germaine lived an...
Saints
Mary’s Immaculate and Maternal Heart
On the Saturday after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of His Mother, Mary, the one from whom He took his flesh – hence, their...
Editor's Corner
A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer for Priests
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages, when a renewed emphasis upon Christ’s humanity dawned upon the...
Editor's Corner
Ephraim’s Mission of Beauty
In the Church universal, we celebrate the life of Saint Ephraim, often called the 'Syrian', who is also venerated amongst the Orthodox (on January 28th), and whose pre-Vatican II date was June 18th. Ephraim...
Editor's Corner
Saint Columbkille: An Irishman Brings Catholicism to Scotland
If you will forgive a little parochialism, today is the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), also called Columba, who is not celebrated in the universal calendar, but happens to be the patron my own...
