Saint Angela Merici’s Ursulines
Saint Angela Merici (+1540) lived and died in Italy, growing up to adulthood during the tumultuous events of the early Reformation (she went to...
Ascension and the Maid of Orleans
In the universal Church, this is the feast of the Ascension, celebrated forty days after the Resurrection, on which we begin the most ancient...
Padre’s corner
Padre's corner
“These is so much bad in the best of us, And so much good in the worst of us, That it hardly behooves any...
M-87 and the Demise of Free Speech
Not one MPP, yes, nary a one of our elected representatives in provincial parliament, not on Conservative, not even the much-vaunted Sam Oosterhoof and...
Conservative Capitulation
To capitulate derives from the Latin root capis, capitis, 'head', and literally means to cease to resist an opponent by drawing up terms under...
Puffballs
“What can go wrong?” I asked, “the book says it is safe, and it shows a picture of the thing. Listen! It says right...
Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three...
Andre Grasset, Canada’s First Beatus, and a Martyr in the September Massacres
Blessed André Grassett was the first Canadian to be beatified - not quite the first 'saint', which requires canonization, and that honour belongs to...
Saints John and Paul – and Josemaria
We usually try to commemorate the saints in the current, public liturgical calendar, but now and again, we will mention those more hidden, even...