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Editor's Corner
Gregory the Great, a Pope for All Seasons
One of the great joys of history is reminiscing about the past, giving hope for the present; for history is ‘eschatological’, moving towards a final purpose. Hence, we Catholics should never lose hope, and...
Editor's Corner
Spaghetti and the SSPX
Kennedy Hall has positioned himself as the foremost apologist for the SSPX, his books and articles are considered required reading by some fellow traditionalists. His most recent foray into that field may be found...
Nota in Brevis
Saints Agricola and Ingrid
A mention of two other saints commemorated on this second day of September:
The first is Saint Agricola (630 – 710), who at the tender age of sixteen chose the ‘better part’, becoming a monk...
Editor's Corner
André Grasset, Canada’s First Homegrown Beatus
Blessed André Grasset was the first Canadian to be beatified - not quite the first 'saint', which requires canonization. That honour belongs to the heroic Jesuit martyrs (if we may consider them Canadian, for...
Editor's Corner
The Legendary Hermit, Saints Giles, or Egidio
The life of Saint Giles, as many mediaeval saints, is steeped in legend. What we do know is that he had quite a following, his popularity attested by the countless places, villages, cities, churches...
Nota in Brevis
Saint Raymond, the Not-Born, and Saint Aristedes, the Apologist
Saint Raymond Nonnatus - the 'not-born' - who died on this day in 1240, was a Mercedarian priest, whose Order, as their name implies, was tasked with ransoming Christian slaves from the Moors (that...
Nota in Brevis
The Not so Hidden Life of Blessed John Juvenal Ancina
Saint Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratorians and the ‘second Apostle’ of Rome, recommended reading books beginning with ‘S’, that is, lives of the saints, so that we may imitate at least some...
Nota in Brevis
The Tragedy of Anthony Kenny
The recent encomium on Anthony Kenny - former priest turned agnostic philosopher – struck me as disconcerting. The title of the reflection is indicative: “The Last Grand Master from a Grander Age”.
True enough, Dr....
