Thursday, August 28, 2025

Dina Belanger’s Unrelenting Quest for Perfection

Blessed Dina Belanger is a home-grown Canadian saint - see our words on the martyr Andre Grasset from September 2nd - whom we commemorate...

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 ‘eschatological’, moving towards a...

Andre Grasset, Canada’s First Beatus, Martyr in the September Massacres

Blessed André Grassett was the first Canadian to be beatified - not quite the first 'saint', which requires canonization, and that honour belongs to...

The Not so Hidden Life of Blessed John Juvenal Ancina

Saint Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratorians and the ‘second Apostle’ of Rome, recommended reading books beginning with ‘S’, that is, lives of...

The Baptist and Losing One’s Head

The celebration of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist - it was an expeditious entrance into heaven - is sort of a bookend...

Pope Benedict and Augustine

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 9 January 2008 Saint Augustine of Hippo (1) Dear Brothers and Sisters, After the great Christmas festivities, I would like to...

Augustine’s 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,...

Pope Benedict, Monica and Marriage

BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS Courtyard of the Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo Sunday, 30 August 2009 (Video) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Three days ago, on 27 August, we celebrated the liturgical...

Saint Bartholomew, aka Nathaniel, In Whom There Was No Guile

A blessed feast of Saint Bartholomew, to one and all! Like many of the Apostles, we don't know all that much about the life...

Saint Helen and Pope John Paul II

August 18th is the traditional feast of St Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, the Empress who found the Cross of Christ. In...