Alberta Votes, and We Hope She Votes Wisely
The province of Alberta votes tomorrow, and, while not unduly influencing the democratic process – for do we not influence to some extent, even...
Victoria Day, Dominion and Ales
A happy Victoria Day weekend to all our readers, when we celebrate the history of our Dominion, first as a French, then a British...
Saint Rita’s Mission Impossible
A fitting thought on this vigil day of Pentecost is that nothing is impossible with God. Did not Christ promise that He would grant...
Musings on the March
The March for Life was in many ways, as always, a rousing success – thousands of zealous pro-lifers of all ages and all walks...
Dymphna’s Sanity
The story of Saint Dymphna (7th century), steeped in legend, is not one, perhaps, that parents would feel comfortable telling their children. Dymphna was...
The Place and Purpose of Private Revelation
On this memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, it is perhaps requisite to say a few words about revelation - A reader wrote recently...
Society, Integrating, Disintegrating, Now and Hereafter
Our society is fragmenting, a tragic process accelerated of late, and it is incumbent on us to maintain some level of social cohesion, to...
Saint John of Avila, Apostle of Andalusia
Today's optional memorial as we continue the Easter season (alleluia!) commemorates Saint John of Avila (1499 – 1569), a contemporary of his fellow Spaniards,...
The Human Spirit Vincit Omnia
On this day, May 8, in 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler stood on the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, at 29,031.7...
The Mauling of Dahl
Roald Dahl (+1990) is being mauled, along with Dr. Seuss (+1991), and, as the Cat in the Hat might declare, we should be appalled,...