Philip and James: Apostles in Arms
Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this third day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. They were...
The (Non) Children of Men and the Indissoluble Nexus
It was somewhat disconcerting to discover that the 1992 novel The Children of Men by mystery writer P.D. James was set in January of...
The Path to Rome
From the preface to The Path to Rome, 1902
I said, “I will start from the place where I served in arms for my sins;...
Wedding Cakes and Walking on Eggshells
A blessed feast of Saint Boniface, (+735) the 8th century Apostle of Germany and what is now Europe, of which he is now the...
From Merrie Ireland to Bonnie Scotland: Saint Columbkille
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...
Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort
On this joyful Eastertide day, we celebrate a double memorial: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific...
Andre Grasset, Canada’s First Beatus, and a Martyr in the September Massacres
Blessed André Grassett was the first Canadian to be beatified - not quite the first 'saint', which requires canonization, and that honour belongs to...
Lives Noble and Ignoble
Today is the feast of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (+1637) and his companion martyrs, put to death by the anti-Catholic shogunate in Japan, and who...
Vanier’s Long Shadow
The plot thickens around affaire de Jean Vanier. I did not know he admitted to the sexual liasons in 2016, that the women had...
Is the SSPX Really a Refuge for Traditional Catholics?
Where do traditional Catholics go from here? Of course, all Catholics should be 'traditional', in the sense of preserving, living by and handing on...