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Articles
Saints Adam and Eve
Christmas Eve is the traditional commemoration of Adam and Eve, our first parents – I don’t think there’s any etymological connection between Eve and Eve, the first derived from ye Olde English ǣfnung, which...
Editor's Corner
Silent Night, of Joy and Peace Amidst the Tumult
The beloved hymn Silent Night was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818, fittingly at Saint Nicholas parish in Oberndorf in what was then the Austrian empire. The music was composed by the organist and...
Editor's Corner
John of Kanty’s Holy Hidden Life
On this Eve of Christmas Eve, we celebrate in a subdued manner the commemoration of John of Cantius (1390 - 1473), or 'Kanty' in the original Polish transliteration - a scholar, teacher, gentleman, priest...
Nota in Brevis
Canisius the Indefatigable Catechist
Saint Peter Canisius (1521-1597) was a Dutch Jesuit back in the earliest days of the Order, amongst the first to join Ignatius' company, after meeting one of the founders, Peter Faber. His life spans...
Editor's Corner
Saint Dominic of Silos and His Chanting Monks
While we're on the topic of chant with the Alma Redemptoris, this December 20th also marks the commemoration of Saint Dominic of Silos who died on this day in 1073, at the monastery he...
Editor's Corner
God: The Science, the Evidence – A Review
God: The Science, the Evidence, by Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies, is an intriguing book, not quite what I expected when asked to review the new bestseller. I suppose it would fall into the...
Reviews
Truth and the Tradivox Catechical Compendium
There is no such things a 'perfect' Catechism, a catechism to end all catechisms, such as it were. That's why there's no end to them. And the truth, thought 'definable' - we are replete...
Articles
The O Antiphons and the Last Seven Days of Advent
On December 17th we begin the seven days of proximate preparation for Christmas, analogous to the more familiar twelve days of Christmas, which follow after the great feast. In the Western tradition of the...
