Abbot Weakland, Pope Paul and the End of Chant?
I had no idea that recently-deceased Archbishop Rembert Weakland was almost single-handedly responsible for the abolition of Gregorian chant in the Benedictine Order, which...
Is That the Sound of Crunchy Crickets?
As the title of this thread has it, they're starting to slip the bugs in. No, no, not computer bugs, which have been around...
The Sacramental Life
Catholics are called to live a sacramental life, which means seeing everything as a sign, in its own way pointing to God, Who made...
Lessons from Auschwitz
(In light of the feasts of Edith Stein and Maximilian Kolbe, here is a re-post of a reflection I wrote upon my own visit...
Pèlerinage dans La Belle Province
For the feast of Saints Anne and Joachim on July 26th, just prior to the papal visit, I went on pilgrimage to the shrine...
Lessons From Thalidomide
On August 7th, 1962, Frances Oldham Kelsey, a Canadian-American physician/pharmacologist (who hailed, by the bye, from bucolic and beautiful Cobble Hill, on Vancouver Island,...
MAiD Really MAiMS Medicine
Ten thousand reasons is a catchy charismatic praise and worship song. Of course, I may not play it at Mass, but it fits around...
It’s All About Liturgy
The author here makes a good point, that regardless of how bad, awful, outlandish, puerile, even sacrilegious liturgical abuse may be, it is almost...
Coins, Climate and Contraception
As the Pope departs from Canada, after visiting the national shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupré, we pray through the intercession of the good...
Distinguishing Sin
Sin is complex, with multiple layers and levels. What is offered here will hopefully help discern our own moral state, as well as, to...