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      On True Treasure

      Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Word of God spurs us to reflect on what our relationship with material...

      Misunderstanding Catholicism—A Primer for Catholics and Other Christians

       I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one,...

      Ignatius and his Band of Brothers

      Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) whom we celebrate on this last day of July, in some ways belongs more to the early days of...

      Can Popes be Heretics?

      Is the Pope a heretic? should sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but is a charge that has been made by a...

      Walking the Opeongo Line with Saint Ann

      A brief note from the now-shuttered, yet still beautifully maintained, parish of Saint Joseph's, on the Opeongo Line, as we, about 90 or so...

      Martha, Mary and Ill-Fated Marriage

      Our Lady of Fatima purportedly revealed to young Jacinta that many marriages are not willed by God, the truth of which may be borne...

      The Trudeau Reckoning

      When Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould publicly accused Justin Trudeau and his senior aides before a Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee in February of...

      Musical Offerings, Sixteenth Sunday

      A few musical gifts recommended by Pater Ignotus - who is himself musically quite gifted, we may add - for your Sunday enjoyment:   https://youtu.be/oS_1ITt3x6E   https://youtu.be/HUbT7WLagRc   https://youtu.be/2J2dKPTq99Q

      The sword of Damocles hangs over Europe

      On July 13 1917 the three Portuguese children, Lucy, Francisco and Jacinta, heard from Virgin Mary “if people do not cease offending God, a...

      Georgian Bay Pilgrimage

      I've been gone for a couple of days, on pilgrimage to Martyrs' Shrine, in Midland, Ontario, of which I have written a number of...