Saint Joseph: Foster Father, Virginal Father, Real Father?
As I do more reading into what various theologians and josephologists have written about the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, I notice that there is...
Finding Our Way: Mass Ad Orientem, Towards Our Saviour
Have you ever been really lost? Lost to the point of having no clue which direction you needed to go? What would you do...
The Cult of Sentimentalism
“A sentimentalist is one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.” Oscar Wilde
Stuffed animals, flickering candles, cello-wrapped flowers, unfocussed...
The Poison Pen of Christopher Hitchens
Someone will protest: “Why are you writing a piece on the atheist Christopher Hitchens? He's dead, and isn't he yesterday's news?” But this is...
Saint Leopold Mandić: a living icon of the Good Samaritan
Friday, May 12th, we Franciscan Capuchins celebrate with great joy the feast of our Capuchin confrere St Leopold Mandić. Who was this great man...
Being Santa: A Family’s Perspective
(Whatever your stance on the Santa Claus legend, and whether you maintain said legend in some way, shape and form for your children, this article...
3rd Sunday of Advent: Rejoice, the Lord is near
His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation (Lk 1:4).
Once again on this third Sunday of Advent we encounter the figure...
Father Jonathan Robinson, C.O., Requiescat in Pace
Father Jonathan Robinson, C.O. the founding superior of the Toronto Oratory, has just gone to eternity, after a brief illness. Ordained in 1962, just...
Pope St John Paul II and the Eucharist
One of the great Popes in the Church’s history, Pope St John Paul II, was a eucharistic Pope. In his wonderful magisterial teaching as...
Marcel Clement on Liberation Theology
Silvie D. Rousseau reports that the French philosopher Marcel Clement in his youth aspired to study philosophy, but was perplexed by the plethora of...
