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.
Saints Processus and Martinian (+67) were Praetorian Guards â the elite of the Roman legionaries â who were tasked with keeping watch over Saints Peter and Paul in prison. When the Apostlesâ prayers caused...
Or, if you will, Canada Day, to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of âCanadaâ as a (mostly) independent part of the British Commonwealth. Canada, as readers may know from...
The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church - Tertullian (+240 A.D.)
The first, or proto-, martyrs of the Church of Rome commemorate the untold number of Christians put to death under the...
A blessed solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul! They were comites, as they say in Latin, companions in life, and in death, both martyred under the diabolical tyrant Nero sometime between 64 and 68 Anno...
The notion of the âordo amorisâ â the âorder of loveâ - has generated some debate of late, not least since some big names have been involved: JD Vance responding to Pope Francis, and...
Today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, even if it be muted this year due to the Sacred Heart - signified in one of the most famous âiconsâ of the...
We usually try to commemorate the saints in the current, public liturgical calendar, but now and again, we will mention those more hidden, even if they have a long and venerable history of being...
IN the wake of the blessed Solemnity of Corpus Christi - whether you celebrated on the proper Thursday, or the following Sunday - Â with liturgical battles still raging in dioceses across the land, perhaps...