Blessed Apollinaire Morel of Posat
Jean-Jacques Morel was born in a village in the proximity of Fribourg in Switzerland on June 12, 1739. He came into the world after...
The Anti-Depressant Saint
If it 'twere not the Sixth Sunday of Easter, we would celebrate today one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic of saints, Philip Neri,...
Don’t Get Comatose: The German Euthanasia Program and the Barbarism of Bill C-7
George Santayana's aphorism that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it came to mind quite forcefully this week. And, I...
St Joseph Moscati: a Faithful Labourer in the Vineyard of the Lord
On November 16th we, as a Church, celebrate the feast day of Saint Joseph Moscati, or, as he is commonly known by many who...
True and False Shepherds
The Good Shepherd has risen, who laid down His life for His sheep and willingly died for his flock (Communion Antiphon).
Today is Good Shepherd...
Here is the Lamb of God
Look, here is the Lamb of God. (Jn 1:35)
This declaration made by John the Baptist and which we hear before the reception of Holy...
Seventh Sunday Quodlibetal
We moderns have been indoctrinated to regard the Middle Ages as a time of superstition and cruelty, but in fact they were quite wonderful....
Gaudete! The Third Sunday of Advent
‘Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom...
The Courage of Bishop Michael Power: Crucial For Our Times
In 1842, when Father Michael Power, a Haligonian born of Irish parents, was consecrated as the first bishop of the newly formed Diocese of...
