John Paul Meenan

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.
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Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna

The See of Ravenna – on the north-east coast of Italy – was once, way back in the Middle Ages, nearly on par with Rome in terms of its ecclesiastical stature. Of course, Rome...

Same-Sex Marriage Contra Naturam

(As the first line of this reflection I wrote a few years ago states, Canada legalized so-called 'same-sex' marriage on this July 20th, back in 2005. As implied herein, once we remove the foundation...

A Few Words on Infallibility

On this July 18th, 1870, the First Vatican Council, at the impetus of Pope Pius IX, proclaimed the dogma of papal infallibility. Some were against defining the doctrine – including Cardinal Newman. Not that...

Alexius the Beggar

Saint Alex – or Alexius – known as ‘the Beggar’ was a Christian in the early fourth-century, was the son of a Senator, Euphemian, and his wife, Aglae. Fearing the allure of the riches...

The Witness of the Carmelites of Compiègne – Le Temoinage des Carmelites de Compiègne

It was on this day in a Parisian summer in 1794 - one day after the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - that sixteen female members of the Carmelite Order, located at Compiègne –...

By an Inch: Trump, JP II and Fatima

July 13th was the 107th anniversary of the one of the visions to the children at Fatima, this one concerning hell, the consecration of Russia and the devotion to the Immaculate Heart. It was also...

Louis and Zelie Martin’s Ecclesia Domestica

July 12th is the day chosen as the feast of the parents of the 'Little Flower', for which Louis and Zelie Martin are most renowned. They were, however, saints in their own right, and raised...

Reveling in Death

Ellen Wiebe loves her job. I would call her a 'doctor', for she is technically qualified as a physician. But since her job is primarily killing people, as Jonathon van Maren points out, especially...

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