Monday, June 30, 2025

Marie of the Incarnation: Canadian Mystic and Missionary

Marie de l’Incarnation: Études de théologie spirituelle by Pierre Gervais, S.J.:  A Review Marie of the Incarnation, born Marie Guyart, was one of the first...

Pèlerinage 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...

The Empathy of Edith Stein

An intriguing take on Saint Edith Stein from the perspective of empathy, on which the saint wrote her dissertation, an important topic in our...

Three Prayers of Saint George Preca

May 9th is the liturgical feast of St George Preca (or as we Maltese know him as Dun Ġorġ), the Maltese diocesan priest who...

Saints and Striving

It would be unseemly for me to speak about Protestantism in any serious way, but I believe I can say one thing with some...

The Sun Setteth on Quebec

It's been too debilitating to write on the situation in Quebec, with churches closed over Christmas, and the bishops raising no protest, with the...

More mayhem, alas, from the Muslim world, which is now in the heart of Europe.  A truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany,...

Historical and Present Perspective

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, said George Santanyana in a speech before the House of Commons in Britain, in...

Thanking Freedom and Three Saints

I hope that all our readers had a delightful Thanksgiving weekend, a secular holiday, one may think, but as Christians we are called to...

Juneteenth and Subtle Slavery

Just a few words about Juneteenth, a commemoration, instantiated into law in 2021, celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, which was promulgated in...