Mother Cabrini’s Lasting Legacy
In the United States, November 13th is the memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, or 'Mother Cabrini' (1850 - 1917) as she came to...
A Deadly First
With the permission of a Superior Court Justice, Ontario had its first euthanasia case this morning, when an 81 year old man suffering from...
Contraception, Attestation and Assimilation
I am not sure what is happening within the Church, but to hear that the recently-appointed head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Father...
Synods, Speech and Synagogue
The Synod on Youth has closed, after approving the final document in accord with the new rules on Episcopal Synods promulgated by Pope Francis...
The True Ecumenism of Saint Francis de Sales
In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief...
Charbel’s Hidden Fruitfulness
Today is the memorial of Saint Charbel Maklouf (+1898), an ascetic, chaste, humble example of monastic sanctity, who spent his life as a priest-hermit...
The Holy House of Loreto
The memorial of Lady of Loreto was put back into the universal calendar, on this day by Pope Francis in December, 2019, in those...
Labour Day, Leisure and Life
Labour Day is a rather prosaic name for the last holiday of summer. Why not, 'blow out day', or 'the end of leisure, and...
Bill 84 and the Inviolability of Conscience
Sometime this Holy Week, the federal parliament will vote on Bill 84, an amendment to the 'Medical Assistance in Dying' Act which legislated physician-assisted...
Theotokos: The Bearer of God
A joyful New year, and very blessed solemnity of Mary, Mother of God to all our readers. In the usus antiquior, this used to...
