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Editor's Corner
A Universally Mandated Secular Vegan Monasticism
It's as rigorous as the ascetic lives of the desert monks, of the Eastern Fathers, and the glory days of the Trappists and Camaldolese. Only it's not done freely, for the love of God,...
Nota in Brevis
The Mystery of the Annunciation as Reflected in Pope St John Paul II
March 25th is the Solemnity of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The centrality of this feast lies in the Latin words found in the Gospel of St John: Verbum Dei Caro Factum...
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Josquin des Prez’ Ave Maria
On this Solemnity of the Annunciation, here is a fitting motet to celebrate with true devotion. During his own life (c. 1455 - 1521) Josquin des Prez was known as the 'Michelangelo of music',...
Editor's Corner
Federal Election, April 28th: The Fight for Canada Continues
After visiting the Governor-General, who must approve in the King's name, Mark Carney has called a federal election here in our fair Dominion of Canada for April 28th, the shortest time permissible by law....
Reviews
Saint Patrick’s Magnificat
Towards the end of his life, Saint Patrick wrote his 'Confessions' which, like his near-contemporaneous Saint Augustine's autobiography of the same title, is meant in the original sense of that word: As a song...
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The Stabat Mater, Dolorosa in Various Versions
For our musical offering on this Third Sunday of Lent, here are a few renditions - amongst many - of the perduring Stabat Mater, the 13th century poem on the sorrows of Mary 'standing...
Nota in Brevis
Embryos and Adoption
We've written before in these pages on the ontological and moral status of pre-born embryos, and the hundreds of thousands of them kept in cold storage. See Aedan Reidy's excellent analysis, and my own...
Editor's Corner
A Catholic Take on Earth Day
A blessed first day of spring to all our readers! As we make our way through our Lenten pilgrimage, Easter is on its way. As the Council of Nicaea decreed in 325, the great...
