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Editor's Corner
Saint Thomas and Trump’s Executive Order
Pursuant to President Trump's executive order on the notorious Johnson Amendment, my Dad put me onto an article in the National Review, recounting the limitations of this well-intentioned action of the Commander-in-Chief. The author...
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The Truth and Irony of Mercy
Irony may be described in one way as something happening, not that you don't want to happen, but that you don't expect to happen, that goes against what should be the case. That is...
Editor's Corner
Trump Emends the Johnson Amendment
President Trump, to his credit, yesterday eased the restrictions of the Johnson Amendment, named after Lyndon B. Johnson, who in his time as Senator in 1954 proposed that non-profit organizations, including universities and churches,...
Nota in Brevis
Today's feast is that of the Apostles, Saints Philip and James. Philip, the one who asked Christ that if they could only 'see the Father' they 'would be satisfied'. Of course, following upon my...
Editor's Corner
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Receives Official Accreditation
Yesterday, May 1st, on the memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom received official recognition from the government of Ontario to grant degrees, specifically the 'Bachelor of Catholic Studies'. Providentially,...
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For the Sake of One Iota
There are times when one word, even one letter, can make all the difference. The scene is June of 325, in the basilica of the imperial city of Nicaea (now in northwestern Turkey) where...
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Saint Joseph, A Working Man
Saint Joseph has two 'feast' days in the universal Church, neither of which is technically a 'feast'. The first, on March 19th, is his principal day, celebrated as a full solemnity, usually in Lent...
Editor's Corner
The Real Catherine the Great
Saint Catherine of Siena, born in 1347, and who died on this day in 1380, was in no uncertain terms a remarkable woman. Born into a family of 22 (!!) children (yes, all from...
