Hope in the Immaculate Heart
Today is the commemoration of Saint Columbkille (521-597), the Irish monk-missionary who brought Catholicism from Ireland to Scotland in 563, and thence to the...
The Power of the Sacred Heart
A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a feast which has its origins in the early Middle Ages, when a renewed emphasis...
Sacred Heart and Choosing Wisely
Today, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, is the World Day of Prayer for Priests, instituted by Pope Saint John Paul...
A Vote for Life
The referendum vote in Ireland today, on the ‘right’ to abortion, is a turning point in our culture, for the Catholic nation symbolizes something...
Is it OK to be Gay? Hope in Hopelessness
Peruse Carl Sundell’s overview of the thought of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman, known for his lucid and precise prose on a variety of...
Mother of the Church, Mazenod and Victoria Day
We celebrate today the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church, an ancient title of the Virgin, which was formally instituted into the Holy...
Of Popes, Potentates and Princes Royal
May 18th would have been Pope Saint John Paul II's 98th birthday, which would be old even for the oldest of Popes. Benedict, the...
Temple Mount, Hydro Rates and Keeping Teachers Happy
Tom Wolfe died a couple of days ago, on May 14th, one of the originators of what came to be called the ‘new journalism’...
Ascending to the Father
A blessed feast of the Ascension to all our readers, when Christ ascended body and soul back to the Father, whence He was sent,...
Silence on the March and Catholic Education
The twentieth-or-so- March for Life was overall a success, at the very least in the prayerful witness offered in the cause of the dignity...
