Monday, June 30, 2025

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...

The Limits of Artificial ā€˜Intelligence’

The gauntlet has now been thrown down, that computers, or more specifically artificial intelligence will soon be able to create more perfect art than...

Brother John: A Monk, A Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life

August Turak has written a delightful little book – and by ā€˜little’, I mean the term in a way similar to Christ’s usage of...

Frances of Rome and the Taoiseach of Ireland

In the most troubled of times, God raises up saints as exemplars and intercessors, and Frances of Rome is no exception. Born into privilege...

Will a Real Women’s Day Please Stand Up?

I am all for honouring women, but International Women’s Day – which I am at least glad to read they have not (yet?) modified...

The Ultimate Gift of Perpetua and Felicity

Today is also the feast – a commemoration now, in the Lenten calendar of the Novus Ordo – of the early martyrs Perpetua and...

Thomas’ Enduring Legacy

Today is the anniversary of the death of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In March of 1274, he fell illĀ on his way to the second Council...

Post Pirates

If I may be permitted a personal post-play reflection, a few words on Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College’s production and adaptation of Gilbert...

Cardinal Pell’s Due Process

One might well describe the conviction of Cardinal Pell a travesty of justice, but we will likely never know, as the trial was ā€˜blacked...

Minors and Majors

The Vatican synod currently underway has as its theme the ā€˜protection of minors’, a category that in our current intellectual milieu triggers a vivid...