Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Our Lady of Combermere and the Immaculate Heart
A blessed āfeastā of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Sedes Sapientiae, an ancient and venerable title of the Virgin Mary celebrated on June 8th...
A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer for Priests
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages,...
Public versus Private: A Response to Dr. Catherine Pakaluk
Catherine Pakaluk, a professor at Catholic University of America, in a recent article over at First Things, seems to opine that no one should...
Warsaw Bans the Cross
The secularization of Poland continues apace: The mayor of Warsaw, RafaÅ Trzaskowski, has now banned any public display of crosses (and any other 'religious...
Cocaine-Caloried-Coca-Cola
On this 29th of May in 1886, John Pemberton, a pharmacist, placed the first advertisement for a new drink he had invented, in the...
Saint Bernard of Montjoux, or Menthon
The iconic Saint Bernard dogs take their name from today's saint, Saint Bernard of Menthon - also known as of Montjoux - an 11th...
Bernardine, Usury and the Holy Name
(The saint today get muted, due to the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, on the Monday after Pentecost, in the Novus Ordo....
Popes Saint John I, and John Paul II
We celebrate today, Pope John Saint I (+526). One might wonder why it took five centuries for a Pope to be chosen with this...
A Few Not So Good Men
Back in 2003, I argued with a priest friend over his support for proposed legislation governing reproductive technology, which would legalize, and fund, things...
Reflections on the March for Life
Iāve been attending the March for Life here in Ottawa, Canada since its inception in the late nineties ā they mentioned that this last...
