Monday, December 29, 2025

O, Canada; Hail, Joseph

(From a few years ago, but still very relevant...) Ed. Devotion to St. Joseph has deep roots in Canada.   Of course we are familiar with...

“Joseph, the God-Possessor”: ᜁ ÎžÎ”ÎżÏ€ÎŹÏ„Ï‰Ï ጞωσᜎφ

Recently I came across a show on YouTube called “Cuppa Joe,” which is a great show which centers around discussing topics in Josephology, the...

Humanae Vitae at 50

I am hurtling in a high speed train from Glasgow to London, with a heavy heart saying farewell to my native land, a sentiment...

L’Arche: A Beginning

In light of the upcoming parliamentary decision to be made concerning so-called 'euthanasia laws', we have decided to re-print over the next while a...

Slandering Catholics – A Perennial Pastime

In 1942, Catholic priest and apologist Ronald Knox remarked: A quite new hatred of the Catholic religion is growing up within my own lifetime –...

Back to Tradition

Once I gave a talk on Saint Andrew. It was in Kenaston, Saskatchewan, in a church dedicated to Saint Andrew. At the end of...

Hard Sayings in Scripture

Geraldine Thompson, a Sister of Saint Joseph who taught English at Saint Michael’s College, Toronto, was utterly charming in person, . . . and...

Pope Benedict, Saint John Eudes and the Formation of Priests

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 19 August 2009 (Video) Saint John Eudes and the formation of the diocesan clergy Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today is the liturgical Memorial of St...

Conformity to God, Not To the World

The godless say, ‘let us wait for the righteous one, who makes life inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; who reproaches us for...

Christ’s Bearing the Pain of the World

For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,...