Sto Lat! Pope John Paul II’s Centenary, and Pope John I
On this May 18th, as we celebrate the first Pontiff with the name of the beloved disciple – and more on him in a...
Setting Our Faces Like Flint and Bearing Fruit
“It was not you who chose me, says the Lord, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit...
Binding up the Bond: A Survey and Reflection on the Crisis in Catholic Marriage
It is no longer debatable that marriage is in a state of crisis. In the United States, it is estimated half of all marriages...
The Fifth Sunday of Easter: Body, Soul and Spirit
Geraldine Thompson, a Sister of Saint Joseph who taught English at Saint Michael’s College, Toronto, was utterly charming in person, . . . and...
The Indissolubility of a Mother’s Love
In one of those many paradoxical ironies of history, it was on this day that Woodrow Wilson – for whom I have not much...
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...
Good Shepherd Sunday
Has any one of you ever been a shepherd? or even seen one? Do shepherds exist in contemporary North America? Nevertheless, we know instinctively...
A society so afraid of death, that it is afraid to live
As the recent addition to our lexicon, COVID-19, rolls off the tongues, and streams off the texts of so many throughout the world these...
Prayer of Consecration of Canada to Our Lady, May 1st, Saint Joseph the Worker
On the Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker, fittingly the first day of the month dedicated to his spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the...
Putting on the Mind of Christ
"Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus"
St. Paul wrote to the Philippians. I dare say that most Christians have no idea...