The Backstory of the Daily News: Notes on Science, Politics and Gnosticism by Eric...

(Eric Voeglin (1901-1985) was a German political philosopher, who narrowly escaped the Gestapo, and spent most of his life in America. He wrote voluminously,...

The Suffering of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

February 9th marks the anniversary of the death of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich in 1824.  An Augustinian nun, she was highly favoured by God...

A 21st Century Dies Irae – in Conversation with Composer Thomas Crow

Please introduce yourself and your relationship with Faith and Music. My name is Thomas Crow and I am a Catholic Composer from Wakefield in England....

Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ

Austin Ruse, Littlest Suffering Souls: Children Whose Short Lives Point Us to Christ. Charlotte: TAN Books, 2017.       With  modern medical breakthroughs, treatments and  medicines,...

Saints Newman and Paul’s Logical Minds

Much of the pleasure in writing about John Henry Newman comes from the opportunity to quote his exquisite prose. Consider this statement from a...

The Governor General’s Hubris and Anti-Intellectualism

  On November 1, Governor General (GG) Julie Payette was a keynote speaker at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa.  She touched upon a...

A Reflection on the suspension of Sunday Masses on the Third Sunday in Lent,...

O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts (Ps. 95). The Responsorial Psalm of the Mass on this third Sunday...

Beatitudes and the Imitatio Christi

For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord...

Adoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus

As part of the humanity of the Incarnate Word, the Sacred Heart is a creature.  Should, then, Jesus's Sacred Heart be accorded the adoration...

Saint John Henry Newman’s Philosophy of Education: Part 2

(This is the second article in a series on Newman's philosophy of education. For the first reflection, may be found here). Newman recognized that knowledge...