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Editor's Corner
The Profound Peace of Assisi
I wasn’t quite prepared for Assisi, even if it was just what I needed. I suppose God works like that. When I got off the train in a place that looked something out of...
Editor's Corner
Florence: Art, Beauty and Truth
Firenze! Even the name - at least in Italian - signifies energy, exuberance, enthusiasm. What is one to say of Florence in a few words? I spent but an afternoon wandering the glorious city of...
Saints
The Seraphic Doctor: Saint Bonaventure
(This year, I have the great grace of being in Assisi on the feast of this great Franciscan saint - more to say on that. For now, some words on Bonaventure, the ‘second founder’...
Editor's Corner
Le Sieci and Christ the King
I left off these reflections with my arrival in Florence, after the Purgatory - I will not say hell, for it had its end - of the overnight bus ride across the border. I...
Editor's Corner
Swtizerland and Frauenthal
Upon arriving in Zurich from Vienna, I had an hour or so before I caught a connecting train down to Knonau and the convent. So thought I would take a stroll through the ‘old...
Editor's Corner
A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldn’t just show up in Rome, so to make a pilgrimage of it,...
Editor's Corner
The Fourth of July: Pier Giorgio and Elizabeth of Portugal
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers. There are any number of factions developing in the once-United States, but all can be traced back to those who accept the Christian principles that...
Blogs
Two Praetorians and a Jesuit
Saints Processus and Martinian (+67) were Praetorian Guards – the elite of the Roman legionaries – who were tasked with keeping watch over Saints Peter and Paul in prison. When the Apostles’ prayers caused...
