Sunday Musical Offering: Anima Christi by Father Frisina
The Anima Christi is an ancient prayer of devotion to the humanity of Christ, especially in His Passion. It has been attributed to Saint...
Romuald’s Erimetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by...
A Tale of Three Weddings
I was cycling through a city park about a month ago, quite a lovely one, with a small lake, and pavilions, in one of...
Saint Germaine Cousin – A True Cinderella Story
Not many Catholics today know of Germaine Cousin (+1601), which is likely how the saint would have liked it. Amare nesciri, as Saint Philip,...
A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer for Priests
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages,...
Ephraim’s Mission of Beauty
In the Church universal, we celebrate the life of Saint Ephraim, often called the 'Syrian', who is also venerated amongst the Orthodox (on January...
Saint Columbkille: An Irishman Brings Catholicism to Scotland
If you will forgive a little parochialism, today is the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), also called Columba, who is not celebrated in the...
Corpus Christi and the Poetry of Thomas Aquinas
(In Canada, the Solemnity is transferred to the next Sunday. In the universal Church, and various traditional rites and communities, it is celebrated on the...
Holy Norbert and Heroic Normandy
Saint Norbert (+1134) of Xanten was a zealous bishop and founder, who was at the forefront of the ecclesial reform named after Pope Gregory...
Bill C-9 and Fighting the Good Fight of the Faith
With the passage of Bill C-9 by the Senate yesterday, we're now closer than ever here in Canada to the dystopias predicted by Orwell's...
