Friday, August 15, 2025

The Gift of Saint John Bosco  

Today, the last day of January, the Church is celebrating the feast of Saint John Bosco. In his preface to the book Evangelii gaudium...

Saints Gilda and Bathilda, a Virgin and a Queen

Saint Gilda of Rome (+226) was an early Roman martyr, the orphaned daughter of an ex-consul, a faithful consecrated virgin who perished during the...

Blessed Sebastian Valfrè

Amongst the Oratorians - to whom I owe more than I could ever give back - Blessed Sebastian Valfrè is celebrated on this day,...

Clarifying Fiducia

Some readers may have come across an opinion piece in the Catholic Register, the diocesan newspaper of the Toronto Archdiocese, written by one of...

In the Timeless Spirit

A thousand years is like a day.       2 Peter 3:8 Recently I had the pleasure of listening to Fr Celso Benedictine, enlightening us...

Saint Francis de Sales’ Exemplary Christian Humanism

The celebration of the feast of St Francis de Sales brought into my heart the profound words Pope Benedict XVI spoke about this great...

Saint Joan of Arc Against Transgenderism

Dan Hitchens has just composed one of the most insightful pieces on transgenderism I've come across, using Saint Joan of Arc as a metaphor,...

Roe versus Wade and the Battle for Life

(Here is a reprise of what we posted on the last sombre anniversary of Roe v. Wade, now, as so many have hoped and...

Public vs. Private Sector

Here is some food for thought as further proof of the socialist dysfunctionality of Canada under Justin Trudeau, even if, we must admit, the...

Why Was Saint Anthony Great?  

Saint Anthony of Egypt or, as he is simply known in the history of monasticism, Anthony the Great, was born in Coma in Lower...