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Editor's Corner
Saint Pachomius the Great
The great desert Father, and founder of cenobitic monasticism, Saint Pachomius, died on this 9th day of May in 348 A.D., eight years before his fellow monk, Saint Anthony of Egypt, generally considered the...
Editor's Corner
Habemus Papam! Gaudeamus in Domino!
I heard of the white smoke while walking with some students and alumni in Ottawa towards Canada's annual March for Life. We had just attended a morning TLM together, and the election must have...
Editor's Corner
2025 March for Life: Protection from Conception
Another March for Life here in Ottawa, Canada's capital city, overshadowed this by the election of the new pope, Leo XIV. A bit more on that in an accompanying post.
I’ve been attending the March...
Nota in Brevis
The Almost-Youngest Saint, Dominic Savio
(Dominic Savio's feast in the usus antiquior is on the day of his death, March 9th. In the revision of the calendar, it's been moved to today, May 6th, which here in Canada is...
Editor's Corner
Eligendo Papam – Electing a Pope
The conclave to elect the next Pope begins today, Wednesday May 7th. We pray, trusting in God and the Holy Spirit to work through the fallibility and imperfections of those men gathered. Of course,...
Articles
May the Fourth Be With You and The Shroud of Turin
Besides being 'Star Wars Day' May the Fourth is also, more realistically, the traditional commemoration of the Shroud of Turin, claimed to be the burial cloth of Christ – and there is much evidence...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Joseph Cottolengo and Giving Everything
Saint Joseph Cottolengo (1786 - 1842) signifies a life of total service to others. He was born the eldest of twelve children, into a comfortably well-off middle class family. He discerned a class to...
Editor's Corner
Carney One, Canada Zero
Canada has likely reached the point of no return, like a 12-0 hockey game in the final minutes of the third period, with the goalie pulled. I don’t play the game – soccer is...
