Sunday Musical Selection
To hear some virtuoso violin, treat yourself to Bach's Partita in B minor (BWV 1002), first published in 1720, for solo violin, as performed...
The Reckoning
After nearly six years of Liberal incompetence and corruption, compounded by long months of Canadian churches closed to prayer and worship, I consider that...
More on the Masking Mandate
Paula Ducepec in her article " Speaking out: Wearing a mask shows you care" (August 26/2020 - Catholic Register) describes with youthful idealism her...
Contrasting Two Films: Of Gods and Men, and The Way
Of Gods and Men (2010), Directed by Xavier Beauvois, Written by Xavier Beauvois and Étienne Comar
The Way (2011), Directed by Emilio Estevez, Written by...
A Quiet Place
If you live in an out-of-the-way farmhouse, especially with small children, you might want to think twice before watching A Quiet Place– but the...
Sunday Musical Selection: Mendelsshon’s Violin Concerto in E Minor
Mendelsshon wrote his final great symphonic work in the mid-19th century, first published in 1844, and performed the year after, taking six years to...
Damsels in Distress (2012): A Film Review
Immediately before the credits roll, a notice appears on the screen to the effect that footnotes will follow. There are some, but they flash...
Pergolesi’s Sublime Stabat Mater
This versions of the Stabat Mater - the classic 13th century hymn in praise of Our Lady of Sorrows - put to music by...
Our Lady of La Salette
(A Letter from Pope Saint John Paul II to the Bishop of Grenoble in 1996, on the 150th anniversary of the vision at La...
Januarius and His Blood
Saint Januarius was bishop of Benevuento, in the south-west of Italy, about whom a number of legends are told - that he survived unscathed...