The O Antiphons and the Last Seven Days of Advent
On December 17th we begin the seven days of proximate preparation for Christmas, analogous to the more familiar twelve days of Christmas, which follow...
Palestrina’s Tu Es Petrus
On this solemnity of the two great Apostles, Palestrina’s Tu Es Petrus…
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Winter of the Soul: A Spiritual Analysis of the Game of Thrones Pop Culture...
Game of Thrones, the wildly popular HBO series based off of George R.R. Martin’s high fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire, is...
The Perpetual Power of the Holy Rosary
(Eph 6:12) "For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this...
Glimpses Into True Leisure
(A reflection on the proper Catholic notion of 'leisure' from contributor Rebecca Jacobson, fitting for this Easter week of Sundays. Gaudeamus in Domino, quia...
The Power of the Easter Triduum
Now that we in the midst of Holy Week, it is important to focus our attention on the Holy Triduum or the Easter Triduum....
The Titanic, Father Thomas Byles, and Laying Down One’s Life
On Monday 15 April 1912 the RMS Titanic sank in the deep waters of the North Atlantic taking with her more than 1,500 lives. Among...
Tallis’ Gaude Gloriosa
For this Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - and a blessed one may it be - here is the opening section to a motet...
The Seven O Antiphons Explained
For seven days, from December 17th leading up to December 23rd, in the Liturgy of the Hours one encounters the seven antiphons of Advent,...
Strong demand, intense debates: Ontario’s Catholic schools at a crossroads
As students prepare to bid farewell to summer and head back to school, Catholic education in Ontario may be at a crossroads.
In Ontario, as...
