What We Should Believe About Saint Joseph

Many years ago I was given a copy of the book Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Doctor Ludwig Ott as a gift. I considered...

A Heritage Lost? Jean Langlais and Post-Conciliar Sacred Music

Catholics have sung our praise to God for the entirety of the Church’s history. For at least a thousand years, Gregorian chant formed the...

This Sweet and Merry Month of May

On this first day of May, dedicated to Mary, in this 400th anniversary year of the death of one of England's finest composers, William...

Cardinal Gibbons’ Cure for Atheism

James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) was twenty one when Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, and died not long after World War I. He attended the...

Benedict Beatifying Newman

(As a lead up to Cardinal Newman's canonization this Sunday, we thought we would offer the homily preached by Pope Benedict when he beatified...

Prayer of Consecration of Canada to Our Lady, May 1st, Saint Joseph the Worker

On the Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker, fittingly the first day of the month dedicated to his spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the...

Fighting For Truth With Fists – and Feet

(I've always had this suspicion that traditional martial arts tend more towards 'arts' than 'martial'. Their emphasis on complex katas and techniques, which display...

Climate Babies: To Bear, or not to Bear

What sad, pinched lives the climate zealots must live, every emission of carbon and its derivatives a cause of sorrow, guilt, regret. You may...

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...

Waking up to Wokeness

Wokeism Meme: Compared to Me, You’re a Moral Failure: If You Disagree, You’re Part of the Problem Did you know that Michel Foucault, the French...