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      Long Live Buckfast Abbey

      I begin this reflection from the beautiful and prayerful grounds of Buckfast Abbey, not far from the coast at Brixham, where I have been...

      Merrie England Once More

      As I begin this reflection, I am on my way to the Devon coast, having just passed through Bath, set up by the Romans...

      The Inestimable Value of a Pilgrimage

      Just as the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, we might say that the first step on the road to sanctity is...

      Sacred Art Briefly Considered

      How often have we heard it said that beauty is in the mind of the beholder, that it has no objective existence of its...

      The Long Hot Summer of 2018

      On January 10, 1963, the Hon. A.S. Herlong Jr., a judge and Democratic congressman from Florida (1949-1969) read a document into the U.S. House...

      The Sanity of Frank Sheed

      Frank Sheed (1897-1982) was born in Australia to a Presbyterian father and a Catholic mother. Reared a Protestant, at the age of 16 he...

      Faith as Common Sense

      (A sermon of Father Daniel Callam for this Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) A theme common to Ezekiel and Saint Mark, the readings we have...

      Feminist Follies, Part III

      (In this three-part series, Paula Adamick explores the impact and legacy of the lives and lies of some of feminism’s most influential – some...

      Trinity Western and the Fight for Religious Freedom

      Perhaps you have not heard of the bad news on the religious freedom front, this time from out west, but it comes with a tinge of hope:...

      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...