Mother Egarée’s Thimble and the Hierarchy of Truths
(On what would be the feast of Saint Nicholas, the great foe of heretics, you may enjoy this delightful reflection from Father Callam on...
Saint John Henry Newman’s Philosophy of Education: Part 1
(John Hartley presents a three-part series of Saint John Henry Newman's views of education. Here is the first, on the commemoration of the great...
Franz Schmidt’s “The Book with Seven Seals” — an Oratorio of the Apocalypse
The Book of Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse, stands as one of the most image-laden parts of Scripture, and as such, there is...
Apostasy in Shusaku Endo’s Silence
A recent article in First Things by J.D. Flynn reflects upon Shusaku Endo’s 1966 Japanese novel Silence, now being released as a film directed by Martin Scorcese (which...
The Muddled Metaphysics of Darwin
(Today, August 20th, marks the anniversary of the publication Darwin's Origin of Species, in 1858, whose full title includes also "by Means of Natural...
McLuhan Amongst Moralists: A Retrospective
This retrospective column, from the great professor David Dooley, no stranger to readers of these pages, is curiously prescient in its view of technology,...
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...
Return of the Taliban, 2.0
What is one to say of the 'fall of Afghanistan' over the weekend, which many - myself included - predicted as soon as we...
A 21st Century Dies Irae – in Conversation with Composer Thomas Crow
Please introduce yourself and your relationship with Faith and Music.
My name is Thomas Crow and I am a Catholic Composer from Wakefield in England....
The Point of It All
There have been two tragic and public suicides in the news of late, which I have picked up on these pilgrimage travels, praying for...