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.
The limits recently placed on the Latin Mass at the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in Toronto bring to the fore the quasi-Hegelian tension between Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum and Francis’ Traditiones Custodes. By the former,...
All saints change history, often in ways that are mysterious and opaque, but at times more obviously. Such is Saint Jerome (347 - 420), to whom we may attribute the first truly 'critical' version...
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers! This day is traditionally called 'Michaelmas', with the focus on the 'one who is like God' who does battle with the devil. But as...
France has been called 'the eldest daughter of the Church', and her indispensable and providential role in the history of Christendom looms large indeed. The Church is almost as much 'French' as she is...
This is not the stuff of which martyrs are made - So purportedly said Thomas More, who loved all the good things of life, his home at Chelsea, filled with his family, his books,...
The life of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660) - he always signed his name 'Depaul', perhaps so people would not think of him as noble - spans a fractious time in France, with...
I just returned from Martyrs' Shrine in Midland with our Schola from Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College - and a blessed feast to one and all. We pilgrimaged the 3.5 hour trip to...
Today in Canada we celebrate the Canadian Martyrs, who are commemorated on October 19th in the rest of the world. They are fitting examples and intercessors for our times, unhinged as we are from...