Tuesday, August 5, 2025

PĂšlerinage en Quebec

I am currently on pilgrimage through Quebec, la belle province, which is still so 'Catholic', at least on the outside, with many signs of...

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony: A Celebration of Sporting Excellence or Satanic Perversion? ...

As a former competitive amateur athlete in multiple sports, I watched with childlike anticipation on TV the Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Summer Olympics,...

Jasper Burned

We pray for the residents of Jasper, Alberta, a lovely city on the far west of the province, the gateway to the Rockies, and...

Saint Brigdet of Sweden: Co-Patroness of Europe

Saint Brigdet of Sweden was born in 1303 at Finsta in the Swedish region of Uppland, from an aristocratic family. This great medieval mystic...

Living the Catholic Life

A note to let readers know about a new Traditional Catholic liturgical planner is on offer, which will help live a life in tune...

Bob Newhart, Catholic Comedian, Requiescat in Pace

Bob Newhart died the other day, and readers - at least, those of a certain era - may recall his dry, deadpan humour in...

What’s In a Name?

On this day in 1917, the royal family of England, by order of King George V, changed their name from Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha to the simpler,...

Alexius the Beggar

Saint Alex – or Alexius – known as ‘the Beggar’ was a Christian in the early fourth-century, was the son of a Senator, Euphemian,...

The Significance of July 16

Some days have more 'history' to them than others, today's July 16th being one of them. As I just wrote, it is the memorial...

Saint Simon Stock and the Scapular

Saint Simon Stock (1165-1265) was an English Carmelite, who helped establish the ancient contemplative Order in England and Italy, founding monasteries in Cambridge, Oxford,...