The Fading of the Feminist Fad
I’m a nasty woman,” Ashley Judd 2017
Three years ago – the Saturday after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in Washington – a million women gathered...
St John Bosco: Our True Spiritual Companion
On January 31 the Church celebrates the feast of Saint John Bosco, the founder of the worldwide huge Salesian family.
Don Bosco (1815-1888), as a...
Nicholas Ludford: A Forgotten Master of English Polyphony
Among the composers of Renaissance England, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd are easily the best known, but they are not the only composers to...
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...
Laetare Sunday: Giving God His Due
So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with...
Learning Death from History
Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.
So declared the famed historian George Santayana in 1863, and there is a...
Fatima 1917 and 2020
“Now is the time to do what you’re told,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, November 13, 2020, as many Americans brace themselves for further lockdowns to...
Uganda’s Witness
The memorial of Charles Llwanga and his companion martyrs, put to death in Uganda between 1885 and 1887, has complex undertones: the conquest of...
Third Sunday and the Foolishness of the Cross
For the message about the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power...
HiddleSwfit No More: Why Taylor Swift May Never Get Married
Alas, in earth-shattering news, the couple known as 'HiddleSwift' has broken up. Yes, to you legions of fans (there have to be some out...