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Editor's Corner
The Feast of the Visitation
A blessed feast of the Visitation to all our readers, wherein we recall the meeting of no less than four chosen souls: Our Lady, Saint Elizabeth, and their respective yet-to-be-born children, the newly-conceived Son...
Editor's Corner
Blessed Louis-Zepherin, a Model Bishop for Canada
Today in Canada we celebrate Blessed Louis-Zepherin Moreau, (1824 - 1901) an exemplary bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe in Quebec. Born rather sickly and undersized to a large Quebecois farming family, he dedicated himself to studies...
Articles
The Council of Nicaea, 1700 Years Ago
This May 20th marks the 1700th anniversary of the opening session of the Council of Nicaea, which this Year of Jubilee, 2025 commemorates. Nicaea is traditionally held to be the first ecumenical council of...
Editor's Corner
Pope Leo’s First Days and Inaugural Mass
The signs have been hopeful in this first week of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate - full regalia, clear teaching, warm demeanour, pastoral yet doctrinal.
On Monday, May 12th, he addressed journalists, advocating for a charitable...
Nota in Brevis
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Saint André-Hubert Fournet
On this propitious 13th day of May, we should also commemorate Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a feast propagated by the saint of the Blessed Sacrament, Peter Julian Eymard. In a vision...
Nota in Brevis
Ice Saints
No, these are not patron saints of the immigration enforcement branch of the U.S., but rather four saints who by tradition welcome in warmer weather in the spring, Saints Mamertus, St. Pancras, St. Servatius and...
Nota in Brevis
Nereus, Achilleus, and Pancras: Choosing Our Path
Today we commemorate the early martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, eunuchs and chamberlains of the court, and eventual converts to Christianity, who were put to death under Emperor Domitian in the late first century, about...
Editor's Corner
The Other Saint Ignatius – of Laconi
Saint Ignatius of Laconi (1701- 1781) - not to be confused with the more famous Ignatius of Loyala - was a Franciscan friar, whom we celebrate on this May 11th, the day of his...
