Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis
There is a trio of Canadian Saints in this week: Saint Marie of the Incarnation, on the last day of April; Saint Francois de...
Philip and James: Apostles in Arms
Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this third day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. They were...
The Demise, and Rise, of the ‘Book’
Here's an intriguing, and for some, disturbing, take on the publishing industry:
https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
The title is a bit misleading, in a provocative way, for people are...
Work Made Light in Saint Joseph
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars at the dawn of the twentieth, followed by the...
Saint Pius V: Between Heaven and Earth
Michel Ghislieri was born Anton in 1504, but took the name of the Archangel when he joined the Dominican Order at the age of...
Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Doctor and Reformer
Ecclesia semper reformanda est.
So goes the old saying - the Church, always in need of reform - applies now, perhaps, more than ever. And...
Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort
On this Fifth Sunday of Easter day, would otherwise be the double memorial: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in...
Saint Mark in a Hurry
Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The...
Saint Fidelis’ Greatest Sermon
Today is the feast of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, (+1622) whose original name was Mark Rey: 'Sigmaringen' was his birthplace in what is now...
Saint George, Shakespeare, Brian Boru: England, Ireland and the Fighting Catholic Spirit
Today is a national holiday in England - although, in the midst of this enforced Corona-lockdown with almost everyone out of work and 'sheltering...