Wedding Cakes and Walking on Eggshells
A blessed feast of Saint Boniface, (+735) the 8th century Apostle of Germany and what is now Europe, of which he is now the...
Shhh
The quiet scares me ‘cause it screams the truth. - P!nk, "Sober"
It was late at night, and the rest of my family was asleep....
The Adventure of Letting Go
Five years ago, in the middle of a pretty rough semester at university, during which I had struggled with some health issues and some...
Symptoms of disunity
About five years ago, my dad began working for a company that repairs railroad tracks. His job requires him to be away from home...
Pope Francis
Our Lord said to Francis of Assisi in the great saint’s vision at San Damiano:
"Francis, Francis,
go and repair My house which,
as you can see,
is...
For a Few More Medical Moscatis
April 12th marked the anniversary of the death of Saint Joseph Moscati, an Italian physician, who dedicated his life to helping the sick and the...
The Faceless Niqab
The recent ban in the province of Quebec on the niqab, the Islamic face-covering, when receiving 'public services' (reserved, of course, only for females)...
Crucifixion
Our March artist, Michael D. O’Brien, was born in Ottawa in 1948 and is internationally renowned as the author of twenty books, notably the novel...
People are people
Did anyone watch the Boston bombing news with great interest? Were you glued to updates and bulletins, carefully checking the suspects’ faces and watching...
The March for Life and the Contemplative Life
The annual March for Life is coming up in two days, this Thursday, May 10th, with Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral at 10:00 a.m.,...