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 ā or Alexius ā known as āthe Beggarā 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,...
The Much Treasured Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The feast of Mount Carmel is one that means much to me personally, with many fond memories in my childhood and adulthood where Our...
Krytia Freeland’s ‘Free’ Contraceptives
As the official government webpage puts it:
ā¦the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Yaāara Saks, Minister of...
Saint Camillus de Lellis: The Great Revolutionary of Charity Towards the Sick
As the secular world celebrates the French revolution on July 14th, during which thousands of innocent human persons simply were guillotined by ferocious people...
Blessed Simon of Lipnica (1435/1440 c. – 1482)
Blessed Simon was born in Lipnica Murowana, in the south of Poland, between the years 1435-1440. His parents, Gregory and Anne, knew how to...
A Sixth Century Saint Still Speaks to Us
Even if, as Pope Benedict XVI tells us in his catechesis on St Benedict of Nursia on St Benedict of Norcia,Ā Benedict's earthly life ended...
