Winter Wear, and A School Where Women Don’t Wear Pants
When I first left my home in the warm peninsula of southern Ontario to pursue a post-secondary education nothing could have prepared me for...
A Remembrance Day to Remember
My most memorable Remembrance Day experience took place eight years ago. It was my first semester out of Canada (I think it’s difficult to...
Pope Benedict and Saint Thomas – Part I
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys, today...
A Man’s A Man For A’ That
(On this birthday of Scotland's national poet, 'tis fitting that we received this submission from Magda Vanderburg, including a brief analysis of Rabbie Burns'...
January Thaw, Bluffer’s Park, Lake Ontario
Francis Joseph Dvorak is an artist, art restorer and teacher. He studied philosophy at the University of Toronto, and painting in the atelier of...
Pope Benedict and the Angelic Doctor
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys, today...
Saint Benedict, and Finding God in the Here and Now
July 11th is the day we normally celebrate the feast of St Benedict. Even if the day this year is taken by the Sunday,...
Pope Benedict and Augustine
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
Saint Augustine of Hippo (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After the great Christmas festivities, I would like to...
Not on the level
True, he was taken up for a common drunk, but (if you properly appreciate his conversion) you will realize that he did not mind;...