Tibbets’ ‘Distinguished Service’ in Death
Eighty year ago, Paul Tibbets flew his B-52 bomber, the 'Enola Gay' - named after his own mother - and dropped the nuclear bomb...
The Montreal Massacre at École Polytechnique
December 6th, the memorial of jolly Saint Nicholas, is also the sombre 35th anniversary of what is known as the 'Montreal Massacre' in 1989,...
Five Years Ago…
A pithy paragraph from Mark Steyn, summing up much in a few words:
It was five years ago that the entire western world except Sweden...
An Original Musical By Christine Helferty, August 22-24th
For those in the Peterborough area, or even further afield, mark your calendars for a new and original musical, Past the Limit, a Story...
Thomas’ Pange Lingua
Saint Thomas Aquinas spent some time in the early 1260's in the beautiful Italian city of Orvieto, perched way high up on a promontory, about...
Poet’s Corner: Exiled in Place
To be estranged from what was once dear land,
bereft and orphaned, herded now like beasts—
interred too deep, a silence creeps in stonehand.
They raze the...
Saints Edith Stein and Maximilian Kolbe: Witnesses to Hope
The philosopher and Carmelite Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta a Cruce was her name in religion), and the Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe were put...
The Long Shadow of Hiroshima
I post this again, indeed each year, in light of 'never forget', so that evil will 'never be repeated. For on this feast of...
Matthew’s Marvelous Metanoia
Saint Matthew, also known as Levi, presents Christ as the new Moses, leading His people from the darkness and slavery of sin into the...
Woven versus Seamless Garments
The reflection on the worthy project by Magie Dominic was intriguing, and I thought I would offer a brief follow-up commentary. The garment woven...
