Pro-Life Self-Defence
Troubling news from the pro-life front, as a demonstrator, Marie-Claire Bissonnette, (an alumna of Seat of Wisdom where I teach) was physically attacked (round-house...
Therese, NAFTA and Communist Short Lists
I enjoy the serendipity of providence when the liturgical readings match up unwittingly with the day, as we celebrate Ste. Therese of Lisieux, more...
Archangels and Signs on the Earth
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers! Father Scott’s article on the Saint Michael prayer points out that this used to...
Padre Pio and Brass Tacks
A brief note on this Sunday, on which I normally do not write, but make the occasional exception: For today is the 50th anniversary...
Matthew, Save our Schools
Saint Matthew, the writer of the first Gospel, represents all those ‘called’ from sin, to the highest of virtues. We know little of his...
Muddling Emotionalism
Nero was given to fiddling while Rome burned, while we see what seems like a lot of muddling, as the Church faces perhaps her...
Bellarmine and a Few Good Men
We could use a few more men with the clear mind and soul of Robert Bellarmine (+1621), bishop, cardinal, doctor of the Church, Jesuit,...
Truthful Repentance
Our Lady of Sorrows is a fitting memorial at this time in the Church’s history which, to put things in rather banal terms, is...
Chrysostom, Siloam and Hurricanes
Saint John Chrysostom (+407), an ascetic and contemplative monk who wanted only to retreat from the turmoil of life in the Eastern empire, was...
The Battle of Vienna and the Holy Name of Mary
September 12th commemorates the Battle of Vienna, the great victory in 1683 of the Christians armies, led by Jan Sobieski, against the Ottoman Turks...
