Sweden’s Charitable Bibliophile, Saint Bridget
Long before Sweden was known for ABBA and IKEAĀ ā two exports not to everyoneās taste, even if billion-dollar brands ā along with a...
Mary Magdalene’s Metanoia
A blessed feast of Mary Magdalene, which - or who - was raised from memorial status in the liturgical revisions of 1969 to a...
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi: Bible and Cappucino
Guilio Cesare Russo was born to a family of Venetian merchants, but not in Venice, but rather far to the south, in the village...
Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna
The See of Ravenna ā on the north-east coast of Italy ā was once, way back in the Middle Ages, nearly on par with...
The Message of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Around this time of year in the Office of Readings, or Lauds, we follow the travails of the prophet Elijah from the Book of...
Bastille and the Storm of a True Revolution
Today marks the anniversary of the official beginning of the French Revolution, on this fourteenth of July in 1789 with the storming of the...
Saint Henry and Cunegundeās Heavenly Rule
We could do with more leaders such as Saint Henry (+1024), 'Emperor of the Romans' and 'King of the Italians', the last of the...
Saint Benedict’s Option
On this feast of Saint Benedict (+543), we commemorate the monk credited with saving what we know as 'civilization'. As a student in Rome...
A Pilgrimage By the Saint Lawrence
The mighty Saint Lawrence River is intertwined with the history of Canada and the United States, and forms a natural border between the two...
Myriads of Martyrs for China
Through the centuries there have been untold thousands of martyrs in China, and July 9th is chosen as the day to commemorate them, for...
