Saturday, August 2, 2025

Blessed Joseph of Igualada, OFM Cap

This 27th of May is the feast day of the Capuchin Blessed Joseph of Igualada, a beardless Capuchin, which for some of us in...

Newman and St. Philip Neri: The Quest for Sanctity

In honour of today's saint, here is an essay from a while back by Father Jonathan Robinson, C.O., (+2020, requiescat in pace) founder of...

Saints Bede, Gregory VII, and Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi

There are many saints in the Church's history - there are, by one estimate, about 6000 at least quasi-officially canonized - too many ever...

Upcoming Talk: Artificial Intelligence: Master or Servant?

For those in the Pembroke area, I will be offering a presentation and discussion this May 28 at 7 p.m. at St-Jean Baptiste Parish Hall, 500...

Euthanasia in Britain, Canada Style

It's disconcerting when a former colony - Canada - deforms her mother country - Britain, like a son corrupting his father. As England debates...

Apologetics, 101

“The Church needs to promote apologetics, which is aimed at affirming the truth of Christian revelation, the harmony of faith and reason, and a...

Tolkien and Saint Brendan

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote much else besides Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit - he was an Oxford scholar, with many articles and essays...

A Brief Clip of Robert Prevost-Leo XIV

Intriguing to see the then-Father Robert Prevost, as Prior of the Augustinians, now Pope Leo XIV, play a brief part in this documentary on...

Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Saint André-Hubert Fournet

On this propitious 13th day of May, we should also commemorate Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a feast propagated by the saint...

Ice Saints

No, these are not patron saints of the immigration enforcement branch of the U.S., but rather four saints who by tradition welcome in warmer...