Why Can’t Canadians Be Bothered to Have Children?
Having children and raising them is a sacrificial act, or, rather, an unending series of sacrificial acts over many years. One must give of...
Two Martyrs for One: Blaise and Ansgar
Saint Blaise, a bishop of ancient Sebastea (now in Turkey), was also a physician, like Saint Luke, a healer of body and soul. And,...
Christ, Consecration and Candlemas
A blessed feast of the Presentation to all our readers, which used to, and still may, be called Candlemas, a celebration of the light...
Saint Bridget of Ireland
Saint Bridget of Kildare (451 – 525), who lived a century after Saint Patrick (385 – 461), and a century before Saint Columbanus (543...
Integrity for Borders, and Borders for Integrity
A country without borders is no country at all. It is, rather - to paraphrase Metternich’s description of 19th century Italy - nothing more...
Thomas Aquinas: The Common and Universal Doctor
(This year marks the 701st anniversary of the canonization of Saint Thomas Aquinas, on July 18th, 1323, by the Avignon Pope, John XXII. Good...
Saint Angela Merici’s Ursulines
Saint Angela Merici (+1540) lived and died in Italy, growing up to adulthood during the tumultuous events of the early Reformation (she went to...
Saints Timothy and Titus
A blessed memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, co-workers of Saint Paul, both of them ordained by him into the early episcopacy of the...
Saint Paul’s Metanoia
Metanoia is the original Greek term for 'conversion', which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark: 'Repent and believe in the Gospel!'. Literally, a 'turning...
Saint Francis de Sales and the Joy of Salvation
It would be ironic if on this feast of the patron saint of writers, as well as this week dedicated to Christian unity, we...