Isidore the Farmer, Rerum Novarum and Tilling the Land
Saint Isidore, or, in his native Spanish, Isidro de Merlo y Quintana, was named after the other Saint Isidore, the bishop of Seville (whom...
Oh, Canada, Philosophy, Law and Global Warming
Well, another ‘Canada Day’ has come and gone, celebrating the founding of this Dominion in 1867, which achieved further ‘liberation’, if one wants to...
Albert the Great
Patron saint of scientists, Albert the Great (1200-1280), scholar, Dominican, bishop, and Doctor of the Church, was considered the most learned man of his...
John of Kanty’s Holy Hidden Life
On this Christmas Eve's Eve, we quietly celebrate the commemoration of John of Cantius (1390 - 1473), or 'Kanty' in the original Polish transliteration...
Year of Saint Joseph: The Shadow of the Father
On this solemnity of Mary's Divine Motherhood, it's good also to be reminded of her husband's quasi-divine Fatherhood, as we begin this 'Year of...
A Saint for Canada
Blessed Dina Belanger died on this day in 1929, suffering from tuberculosis, brought on by the scarlet fever she contracted while tending a sick...
Sacred Heart and Choosing Wisely
Today, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, is the World Day of Prayer for Priests, instituted by Pope Saint John Paul...
To Mask or Not to Mask? That is the Question
One of the primary tasks of a free citizenry is to resist encroaching tyranny – even of the ‘soft’ variety - for once we’ve...
On the Feast of Stephen…
As the mid-19th century hymn has it, Good King Wenceslaus first went out, on the feast of Stephen, when the snow lay 'round about,...
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...