The Need for Spiritual Care in Dementia
 “Dementia is a group of symptoms that affects mental cognitive tasks such as memory and reasoning. Dementia is an umbrella term that Alzheimer’s Disease...
Elizabeth Anscombe on Hating God
Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001) was a British analytic philosopher who early in life met and was deeply influenced by the great Austrian logician and linguist...
A Tough Habit to Break
Religious life is habit-forming. Though this is a play on words, the sentiment is accurate. In the culture of Roman Catholicism, mere mention of...
Is There Any Hope for the Catholic School System in Ontario?
As students return to school after Christmas holidays, and in light of yesterday’s memorial of founding Catholic educator Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, I offer these...
Saint Michael and the Eucharistic Eschatological Battle
The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had deceived all the world, was hurled down to the earth...
Christ’s Sacrifice Was one of Redemption, Not Popularity
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This Sunday’s Gospel (cf. Jn 6:51–58) is the concluding part and culmination of the discourse given by Jesus in the Synagogue...
A Review of the Bishop Fulton Sheen Compilation, ‘On the Demonic’
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, compiled and edited by Fr. Dave Tomaszycki, On the Demonic, Emmaus Road Publishing, 2024.
In his book Those Mysterious Priests published...
The Eucharist, Abuse and the Mystical Body
I have always been an emotional communicant, to this my family and parish priest can attest. The communion this Eucharist establishes is, of course,...
Ode to the dishwasher Â
(On this Thanksgiving morning, you might enjoy this wonderful poem from a Canadian mother, on the philosophy, nay, the very theology, of washing dishes,...
Love of Country: The Unsung Virtue
“For us, after God, the greatest love is Poland” - Bl. Stefan Wyszyński
In the sixteenth century St. John of the Cross said: “The Lord...
