John Wilson

John Wilson is teacher of Language Arts, Social Studies, and Religion at Northmount School for Boys in Toronto and a news correspondent for The Catholic Register. In his free time, he enjoys reading and writing poetry.
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Aliens, Eliot and Christ

I met an alien today. If you humour me for a few moments, I’ll explain. It isn’t one of the aliens that appeared in the media earlier last year, were confirmed as real, and...

Why We Need Norman Rockwell

If there’s one thing the seemingly ever-lingering 'pandemic' has inflicted, it’s a strain on ordinary human interaction. In November of 2021, when many long-closed museums were opening back up, I had the welcome opportunity to...

Virgina Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’: Isolation and Intimacy

Human relationships are sorely limited. We all long for companionship and lasting union with another. However, regardless of place or time, one's ability to achieve union with another has been and will continue to...

Gerard Manley Hopkins’ The Wreck of the Deutschland: Searching for God in Suffering

In The Wreck of the Deutschland, Gerard Manley Hopkins vividly presents the struggle of man to see the hand of God in the midst of apparent evil. Hopkins explores this theme by telling of...

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