Ben Nevis
When one first arrives in Scotland, everything seems a wee bit, well, smaller or, as they might put it, âwee-erâ. The streets are narrow,...
The Non-Milquetoast and Quite Holy Canadian Martyrs
In the rest of the world, the Canadian, or if you will, North American, Martyrs, six priests and two laymen put to death for...
Am I not your Mother?
On a rather chilly morning on a hillside outside what is now Mexico City, in the year of our Lord 1531, while the Protestant âReformationâ was...
Brother John: A Monk, A Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life
August Turak has written a delightful little book â and by âlittleâ, I mean the term in a way similar to Christâs usage of...
Father Jonathan Morris’ Circuitous Road
I must confess that I had never heard of Father Jonathan Morris â perhaps for the simple reason that I donât watch television -...
Orange Day and Saint Oliver Plunkett, the Last Martyr of the Protestant ‘Reformation’
July the 12th is âOrangeâ Day, celebrated still with fervour in Northern Ireland, commemorating the defeat of the rightful Catholic king of the Stuart...
Cardinals, Climate and McCarrick
Pope Francis plans to appoint 13 new Cardinals in a consistory on October 5th. There are currently 215 members of the sacred college, of...
The Forty Martyrs of England, Wales and Scotland
On this day in 1970, Pope Saint Paul VI officially canonized the âforty martyrs of England and Walesâ and, we might add, Scotland, priests,...
Councils, Chiefs and Trudeau’s Chaos
The pathetic summation of Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, says it all: The protests, clogging up the entire Canadian economy, or whatâs left...
