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 Womenâs Day â 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 â a commemoration now, in the Lenten calendar of the Novus Ordo â 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 ill 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 Collegeâs 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 âblacked...
Minors and Majors
The Vatican synod currently underway has as its theme the âprotection of minorsâ, a category that in our current intellectual milieu triggers a vivid...
Saint Peter’s Cathedra
It might seem odd to celebrate a 'chair', even one of Saint Peter, but today's feast commemorates not a physical object, but the office of the...
Sample’s Quiet Revolution
Liturgical music. The phrase may instil a faint feeling of nausea in those even remotely attuned to true beauty, as the strains of treacly...
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 â or more like a few brief...
