Thomas the ‘Doubter’ and the Nature of Faith
Today is the feast of Saint Thomas, the Apostle, who gets a bit of a bad rap as 'doubting' Thomas, a term is that...
The Condescension of Ms. Governor-General
You've probably heard about the recent speech by our newly minted Governor-General: Ms. Julie Payette, whose task it is to stand in for the Queen...
The Tragedy, and Hope, of Ireland
Ah, the Emerald Isle, the cradle of Catholicism for the British Isles, land of heroes and martyrs, of rousing and melancholic music, of large...
Jean de Brebeuf, Prayers for Canada, and Take Heart
Peace, to one and all of our readers!
I trust everyone is hale and healthy, and keeping that interior peace which only Christ brings.
A brief...
Saint Dominic of Silos and His Chanting Monks
Saint Dominic of Silos died on this December 20th, in 1073, at the monastery he had founded in the southern part of northern Spain....
Saint John Neumann and Bishops
Today is the feast of Saint John Neumann, born in Bohemia, but who travelled to the United States in 1836 to seek ordination since...
Beware Bagpiping Scotsmen
A bag piping Scotsman was recently fined in Montreal for carrying an 'illegal weapon', namely, his sgian-duh, literally his 'black', but more properly his...
Of Death and Baptism
Another day, yet another terrorist attack, this time in Israel, where a Palestinian, an 'ISIS sympathizer', drove a truck through a squad of Israeli...
Athanasius Contra Mundum
Today, the second day of May, is the memorial of one of the most heroic bishops in the history of the Church, the great...
‘Conservatives’ Inc, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize
The saying goes that politics is a mugs' game, the art of the possible and the practical and all that, and we must take...