Why we need the Church
I read the story beneath the title with trepidation but, truth be told, with more than a little resignation. A Montreal deacon had been...
Dominion Day, Trudeau’s Socks and Canadian Martyrs
A blessed and joyous Dominion-Canada Day to all, as we mark the 150th anniversary of the signing on of those first few provinces into...
The Power of the Rosary
Today is the memorial of the Holy Rosary, a feast instituted by Pope Saint Pius V in commemoration of the Christian naval fleet in...
Dedicated to God
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a mirror image, if you will, of the future Presentation of her Son in the Temple, both...
Back to Ordinary Time, With Hilary and Mungo
With the feast of Christ's Baptism yesterday, we enter back into what we now call 'Ordinary Time', a term not opposed to 'extraordinary' -...
Reason and the Refugee
Following on my last post on the 'refugee crisis': One danger in a situation like this, especially one of its global impact, is to...
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....
Oh, Canada…
On this 150th birthday of Canada, it befits us as Canadians to stop and reflect upon the year that was, as the Dominion reaches...
English Martyrs, Universal Witness
Today, on the first official day of summer, we celebrate two martyrs, John Cardinal Fisher and Thomas More, as well as a bishop, Paulinus...
Saint Agnes and True Feminity
Today, the universal Church celebrates the memorial of Saint Agnes, a young Virgin Martyr, who perished by the sword under the reign of Diocletian...
