The Catholic Spirit of Beethoven
Beethoven was baptized a Catholic on December 17th, 1770 - in the time of Advent we now find ourselves, in the proximate preparation for...
Michael, Prince of the Angelic Host
The second last day of September, the 29th, is the feast of St Michael the Archangel. But who is this Prince of all the...
Unlocking the Hope That is In Us
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, “The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little...
Epiphany: Three Approaches to Christ
In the events surrounding the birth of Jesus, three groups are called to our attention: the shepherds, the Magi and the court of King...
The Problem of Evil
There is no better way to solve the problem of evil than by starting with a definition of what evil is, or is not....
Virtue, Vice and Everything Nice? Blessed Dina Belanger
Father Callam’s take on Christ’s declaration that it is what comes from within a man making him unclean, all those unbridled and disordered passions...
A True Thomistic Versus an Oddly Ockhamist Josephology
In one of the most recent and popular books on Saint Joseph called Consecration to Saint Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, Father...
The Holy Rosary, the Hope of Lepanto, of Europe, of the World…
Today we celebrate Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, a feast instituted by Pope Saint Pius V in commemoration of the great victory...
Argumentative Starting Points
Jesus provides us with a motive for acting, viz., the love of God, which in practical terms produces a love of our neighbours. The...
Visions in the Streets: A Movie Review of “Don Bosco”
Year: 1988
Filming: Color
Length: 108 minutes
Genre: Biography/Drama/Inspirational/Religious
Maturity: PG (for brief language and intense thematic elements)
Main Cast: Ben Gazzara (Don Bosco), Patsy Kensit (Lina), Karl Zinny...
