What we are called to do

The Catholic blogosphere hit Bottum recently, and hit it very hard indeedā€”the Bottum in question being Jody, a Catholic journalist and former editor of...

A papal revolution

There I was in late July, driving to work at 7:30 am, content and peaceful after a weekend with friends in their rural Ontario...

A magical scarf

Walking to my flat late Friday afternoon after a chaotic morning, I was confronted with the fact that I hadnā€™t yet had lunch. I...

Successor to St. Peter

Itā€™s been a challenging few weeks for serious Catholics. By ā€œchallengingā€ I suppose I mean difficult, and by ā€œseriousā€ I mean those who live...

Poppies

Our NovemberĀ cover artist, Sheila Diemert, lives and worksĀ in Kitchener, Ontario. She enjoys creating art that is uplifting and positive and paintings that have meaning...

All You Need is Love (Doo doo do do doo)!

ā€œThe proclamation of the saving love of God comes before moral and religious imperatives.ā€ Yikes. Scandal.Ā Gasp. The Internet explodes and sides begin to form. One...

The Extraordinary Ordinary

Last Saturday was the feast of the Triumph of the Cross and for me, this one has always been a conundrum of a feast...

Demand reverence

Earlier this year a group of bishops from the Italian region of Tavoliere met with Pope Francis. Such meetings are held only every five...

Shhh

The quiet scares me ā€˜cause it screams the truth. - P!nk, "Sober" It was late at night, and the rest of my family was asleep....

Pastoral

Our May 2013 cover artist, Francis Dvorak, was previously featured in the January 2013 issue.