Thoughts on Notre Dame
We may rejoice at the re-opening of the Basilica of Notre-Dame, after its partial destruction in the fire on April 15th, 2019. But with...
33 Days and Seven Sundays to Saint Joseph!
While on families on this Family Day, and, more to the point, in this year of Saint Joseph, someone mentioned that today is the...
Cathedrals and Chastisements
It was one year ago yesterday â April 15th, 2019â that Notre Dame cathedral, built over a century between 1160 and 1260, and has...
Saint Thomas and Trump’s Executive Order
Pursuant to President Trump's executive order on the notorious Johnson Amendment, my Dad put me onto an article in the National Review, recounting the...
The Rise – and Fall? – of the Nones
He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
"When the unclean spirit has gone out...
Saint Cajetan, Founder of the Theatines
On this day, along with Pope Sixtus and his companion martyrs, we honour Saint Gaetano Cajetan (1480-1547), not to be confused with the 'other'...
The Indomitable Hilary of Poitiers
Today is the feast of Saint Hilary of Poitiers (310-367), Bishop and Doctor of the Church, who was such a brilliant foe of the...
Son of Consolation
It is fitting that we celebrate Barnabas, the âson of consolationâ, or the âson of encouragementâ, around the time of Pentecost, for the Holy...
Blessed James Duckett: The Joy of Forgiveness
Before this day ends, a brief word about the remarkable, and largely unknown, Blessed James Duckett, about whom I knew nothing until a write...
Saint George, Shakespeare and the Millennium
Today is a national holiday in England - as they commemorate the semi-legendary Saint George, martyr for the Faith, slayer of the dragon and...
