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....
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
I’ve been attending the March for Life here in Ottawa, Canada since its inception in the late nineties – they mentioned that this last...
Apple Crushes Reality
Technology in itself is neither good nor bad, but some technology tends more to the bad or the good. There are some theoretically good...
The Demise, and Rise, of the ‘Book’
Here's an intriguing, and for some, disturbing, take on the publishing industry:
https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
The title is a bit misleading, in a provocative way, for people are...
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano (+1317) is one of the 'incorruptibles'. She was born in the picturesque cliff-top Italian city on January 28th, 1268, the...
Ælfheah of Canterbury and Leo IX of Rome
Two saints are commemorated on this 19th of April, both of the Middle Ages:
Saint Ælfheah of Canterbury, more commonly known as 'Alphege', was born...
Pilgrimaging at Three Miles an Hour
It seems slow - walking, that is - and, to our modern modes of transport, it is. Bikes can move at about 20 miles...
Nae Country Fer Young Men
As readers may know, Scotland is the land of my birth and early upbringing, and I have been back a number of times to...
Saint Richard of Sussex
Saint Richard of Chichester (+1253) was a mediaeval bishop in Sussex - now the patron saint of that bucolic region in the south of...
