John Paul Meenan, Editor

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.
1454 POSTS

-

0 COMMENTS
Editor's Corner

Forest Fires’ Footprint

I write driving (as a passenger, not to worry) through the majestic scenery of the Canadian Rockies, the views surreally obscured by the smoke of nearby raging forest fires, a natural occurrence which normally...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
Articles

Thought Control Totalitarianism, in Canada?

We here in the grand Dominion of Canada have passed some very bad laws of late, sadly during what should be an otherwise celebratory 150th anniversary year. There was the June 2016 legalization of euthanasia,...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
Editor's Corner

Camillus’ Revolution

Today marks the 228th anniversary of the official beginning of the French Revolution, back in 1789 with the storming of the Bastille prison.  Much ado is made of this 'storming', even though there were...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
Nota in Brevis

July 14th, 2017

Saint Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614), former soldier, gambler, sinner, then revert, nurse, dedicated carer for the sick, and saint.  Also a contemporary and a penitent of Saint Philip Neri. Today also marks the anniversary of...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
Editor's Corner

Thought Control, Khadr and King Henry the Emperor

I have an article published this morning in Crisis magazine, on a quartet of totalitarian thought-control laws recently passed here in Canada.  Feel free to peruse and comment.  One of the purposes of this...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
Editor's Corner

Saint Benedict and Travels

Today is the feast of Saint Benedict, with the variety of whose 'options' carrying his name he may not necessarily agree. At a young age, he retreated from the decadence of sixth century Rome,...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
Nota in Brevis

Cross Canada Pilgrimage

I am currently travelling across this fair land, by car, with two former students, visiting friends and alumni along the way, in this sesquicentennial anniversary.  A quixotic adventure, with many miles yet to go,...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
Articles

Whence and What Authority?

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them…”   So quoted Malvolio in Shakespseare’s Twelfth Night (albeit as he read from a letter written by Maria, so, ironically, the great lines on greatness...
John Paul Meenan, Editor John Paul Meenan, Editor -
1...158159160...196Page 159 of 196

Recent posts