Mulling over Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, theologian, poet, mystic, and the author of more than seventy books. Having lost both parents by the...
Healing the Wound of Abortion
On a late winter’s evening, my mother left her body like a discarded nightgown on an unmade bed. I was sitting by the window...
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
(In light of the memorial of the Guardian Angels, along with the previous feast of the Archangels, here are some words of Father Callum...
T.S. Eliot on Society and Religion
Thomas Sterns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St. Louis, Missouri and migrated to England at the age of 25. As did the American novelist...
Women’s Finals and the Perils of Groupthink
By now, avid sports fans throughout the Western world and anyone who follows the news regularly, will have heard of Serena Williams’s blow-up at...
Oh, Cannabis!
On October 17, Canada will begin a new era of decadence. From that day on, cannabis – aka marijuana and pot – will be...
Hollywood Potential: Why Catholics Should Watch Movies
In my high school years, I became very active on a small, obscure social media website by the name of Tumblr.
For anyone who might...
The Eucharist, Abuse and the Mystical Body
I have always been an emotional communicant, to this my family and parish priest can attest. The communion this Eucharist establishes is, of course,...
The Catholic Roots of Modern Science
A strange myth has evolved through recent centuries alleging that the Catholic Church was forever the enemy of science, and that it set out...
The Loneliness of the Whistleblower
When Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was crusading against the Vladimir Putin government by investigating one crime after another, she had imagined the damning headlines...
