Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Doctor and Reformer
Ecclesia semper reformanda est.
So goes the old saying - the Church, always in need of reform - applies now, perhaps, more than ever. And...
What Choice on Election Day?
It's election day here in Canada, even if we don't have much of a choice. We have Mark Carney, about whom Scott Ventureyra wrote...
Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort
On this 28th of April we celebrate two Saints: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific - the...
The Urgent Gospel of Saint Mark
Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The...
George, Shakespeare, Brian Boru: England, Ireland and the Fighting Catholic Spirit
Today used to be (*) a national holiday in England - as the people hearken back to an earlier and better time in the...
Popes and Martyrs, Marriage and Montanism
Today’s commemoration of saints are all connected with the persecution The first group suffered under the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius in the mid-2nd century,...
Aichinger’s Regina Coeli, Alleluia!
A blessed, joyous and grace-filled Easter to one and all! Christus resurrexit! Dominus surrexit vere! Alleluia! One of my favorite pieces of this season...
Is the SSPX in Full Communion? A Reply to Timothy Flanders
Over at OnePeterFive, editor T.S. Flanders urges us all to charity and not to 'excommunicate' each other (perhaps we might say 'shun'). It's a...
Judas and Spy Wednesday
Today is Spy Wednesday in our tradition, the day on which Judas Iscariot made the fateful decision, deep in his heart and at Satan's...
A Tale of Two Benedicts
A grace-filled Holy Week to all our readers! As we await and prepare for the Resurrection...
