A Catholic Parent’s Back to School Guide for Sexual Education in the Home
There are not as many parents jumping for joy this year as they get their children ready for going back to school. The new...
Joseph Priestley on Jesus and Socrates Compared
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was an English theologian, philosopher, and scientist who is credited with the discovery of oxygen and the invention of carbonated water....
The Games We Play: A Reflection on Competition vs. Sacrifice
Games. Always playing games. Filling up the mind with plotting, and our heart’s surge crested with the thrill. Our little games, so all-important to...
The Millennial Fugue
Spare a thought for millennials, perhaps the most persecuted sector of our increasingly ignorant and spiritually impoverished society.
Denied God and the firm Christian teaching...
The Dreadful but Hopeful Dream of the Two Pillars
Try to picture yourselves with me on the seashore, or, better still, on an outlying cliff with no other land in sight. The vast...
Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Yes, it's Guy Fawkes Day, when the English people of a certain religious persuasion - or of none...
Saint Bonaventure: Contemplatio in Actione
Who is this saint, Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, whose feast collect aptly describes him as a man of great learning and having the ardor of … charity?
Undoubtedly,...
Chesterton and Light in the New Dark Ages
Certain critics tell us that we wish to return to the Dark Ages about which they themselves are entirely in the dark. They are...
Wherefore art thou, Modesty?
It may seem a bit odd to speak of modesty when the weather outside is frightful—at least roundabout where I live in rural Ontario. But...
Malcolm Muggeridge: Godly Gadfly
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) like so many great Catholic converts of the 20th century experienced a fascinating pilgrimage from agnostic Communist sympathizer in his youth...
