Peter Claver’s Untiring Fidelity
Saint Peter Claver (+Sept. 8, 1654), whom we celebrate on this 9th day of September, was a Jesuit priest in the first missionary fervour...
Our Lady’s Birthday
A blessed and joyful birthday to the Blessed Virgin Mary! This feast that has been celebrated since at least the sixth century in Syria, in...
Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s Mission to the Poorest of the Poor
As universities gear up to receive students, we should leave the travails of this world for a moment and ponder the other-worldliness of Mother...
Dina Belanger’s Unrelenting Quest for Perfection
Blessed Dina Belanger (+1929) is a home-grown Canadian saint whom we commemorate today. Born April 30th, 1897 in St. Roch, Quebec, now a suburb of...
Gregory the Great, a Pope for All Seasons
One of the great joys of history is reminiscing about the past, giving hope for the present; for history is âeschatologicalâ, moving towards a...
AndrĂ© Grasset, Canada’s First Homegrown Beatus
Blessed André Grasset was the first Canadian to be beatified - not quite the first 'saint', which requires canonization. That honour belongs to the...
The Legendary Hermit, Saints Giles, or Egidio
The life of Saint Giles, as many mediaeval saints, is steeped in legend. What we do know is that he had quite a following,...
The Not so Hidden Life of Blessed John Juvenal Ancina
Saint Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratorians and the âsecond Apostleâ of Rome, recommended reading books beginning with âSâ, that is, lives of...
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
The celebration of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist - an expeditious entrance into heaven - is sort of a bookend to the...
Augustine’s Long Pilgrimage to Truth
A blessed feast of the great Saint Augustine (354-430), bishop and doctor of the Church, and one of the greatest theologians in her history....
