Saint Bartholomew, aka Nathaniel, In Whom There Was No Guile

A blessed feast of Saint Bartholomew, to one and all! Like many of the Apostles, we don't know all that much about the life...

Our Lady and Diana

A blessed Saturday of Our Lady to all our readers. The custom of dedicating ferial Saturdays - those with no other memorials or feasts...

Poland’s Dismemberment and World War II

Before we leave today behind, we should mention that this September 1st marks the 80th anniversary of the German invasion of Poland in 1939,...

The Not so Hidden Life of Blessed John Juvenal Ancina

Saint Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratorians and the ‘second Apostle’ of Rome, recommended reading books beginning with ‘S’, that is, lives of...

Mother Teresa’s Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Poorest of the Poor

Students have now flocked to university, where they will be subjected to four years of indoctrination in various aspects of modernism, for want of...

Cardinals, Climate and McCarrick

Pope Francis plans to appoint 13 new Cardinals in a consistory on October 5th. There are currently 215 members of the sacred college, of...

Millions of Minds Missing Out

I just heard on the CBC that two million Canadians have just begun their course of studies at university, and my mind boggled. I...

Vita Primitiva

A few thoughts on this Saturday morning in early September, which I hope finds all our readers well. Peruse Paula Adamick's take on the Church...

Vocation and the Single Life

(This article recently appeared in Catholic World Report and may serve as a good addendum to Father Callam's exhortation for the Church to canonize...

And the Virgin’s Name was Mary

In honour of this memorial of the Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin, we might peruse Pope Saint John Paul II's encyclical on the Rosary,...