On Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Walsingham
(On this feast of the Visitation, it is fitting that we post this reflection from contributor Rebecca Jacobson on a pilgrimage she took to...
Strength in Unity
“I pray that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also...
Joseph and Peter: A Josephological Apology for the Papacy
Today in the New Rite is the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, celebrated in the Old Rite as the Feast...
Tolkien’s Devotion to Thomas More
As a prayerful and traditional Catholic, Tolkien had a profound devotion to many saints. Foremost, of course, was the Blessed Virgin Mary, upon whom, as...
How Dostoevsky Changed the World
In 1849, Fyodor Dostoevsky stood before a firing squad, fully prepared for death, only to hear his execution sentence revoked at the final instant....
Our Lady and the Octave of Christmas
Hail, holy Mother! The Child to whom you gave birth is the King of Heaven and earth forever.
Christmas is a Solemnity with an Octave....
Apologist Ronald Knox Remembered
Monsignor Ronald Knox (1888-1957) is remembered as theologian, translator of the Latin Bible, author of detective stories, novelist, poet, and most of all as...
The Collective Conscience
When confronted by some new bit of feminist nonsense, mother used to say: “Kick the Natural Law and the Natural Law will kick back....
Christian Aging
(Adapted from a talk given by Father Daniel Callam, C.S.B., to the seniors’ group at Holy Rosary Parish, Toronto, on 20 June 2018)
 Introduction
Our Lord commanded...
Ontario’s Holy Lands
I come from the Holy Lands of Ontario.
These are the small towns in which the Irish settled over the 19th century, and built imposing...
