A Brief History of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and Prayer for Priests
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to all our readers, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages,...
Saint Claude de la Colombière
Claude de la Colombière (1641 – 1682) is known primarily for his role as the spiritual director of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, the recipient...
Peter, Paul and Pell
A blessed solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to all our readers, a venerable feast that goes back to the very origins of the...
Ite ad Joseph
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saint Joseph to one and all!
The silent saint from the Gospel, husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster...
Philip and James
Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. Philip is the...
Canadians in arms pt 2
Shown here about to enter Campobasso’s Holy Rosary Church are Roman Catholic personnel of three Canadian infantry units. Fresh from the Italian front, where they had been relieved by soldiers of...
A Catholic Family Day
I suppose it is requisite to wish everyone a happy Family Day, even though, as my own Dad said about 'Mother's Day', every day...
A New Era
A blessed Inauguration Day, especially to all our American readers. Say what you will about Donald Trump - he does have his limitations, and...
Louis and Zelie Martin’s Ecclesia Domestica
There is no strict formula to being the parents of saints, but there are things one can do to ameliorate the process, as I...
Rinse and Repeat By Rote
Great is the power of constant repetition
So wrote David Foster in his Philosophical Scientists, a slim but powerful treatise dispelling some of the basic...
