A Day to Truly Honour Women

March 8th is International Women’s Day – which I am at least glad to read they have not (yet?) modified to ‘Womxn’s’ Day – is...

The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

Father Martin Hilbert, C.O. has written a remarkable book. His ‘The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design’, an argument for seeing God’s handiwork and providence...

White Rose, Vance, Freedom and Truth

On February 18th, 1942, the Gestapo rounded up the leaders of the White Rose resistance movement, four of them young students, and one a...

Of Flags and Dominions

Today marks the 60th anniversary of our adoption, back in 1965 under Lester B. Pearson, of a the ‘maple leaf’ as our national flag,...

Saint Claude de la Colombière

Claude de la Colombière (1641 – 1682) is known primarily for his role as the spiritual director of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, the recipient...

Ricci and Lucia

On this February 13th we commemorate the mystic Dominican tertiary Saint Catherine Ricci (1522 – 1590), a contemporary of Saint Philip Neri (+1515 -1595), to whom...

Trump 2.0, Redivivus

(This is a revision of a previous post, with some new material – as the theme suggests, it’s difficult to keep up with the...

Saint Jerome Emiliani’s Pilgrimage to Heaven

Today, with Saint Josephine Bakhita, we also celebrate Saint Gerolamo - or Jerome - Emiliani (+1537), who ran away from his home in Venice...

Saint Andrew Corsini

Saint Andrew Corsini (1302 - 1374) was born in Florence on November 30th. Hence, he was fittingly named after the great Apostle. Alas, 'Andrea'...

Carney’s Liberal Dystopia

Trudeau has promised to resign - so he says, as of March 9th, and for that we may give thanks to God. But he's...