Melito of Sardis’ Easter Homily
One of the homilies which really speaks to me in the celebration of the liturgy of the hours of Holy Thursday is, certainly, the...
Ah, Poor Newfoundland
I received a note this morning from one of my students, participating in our 'distance ed' program - and quite a distance, all the...
Palm Sunday in Isolation
(Here are some words from contributor Father Mario Attard from Malta. We post these for the spiritual value in the advice he offers, not...
Suffer the Little Children
Francesco Marto died on this day, April 4th, in 1919, a year before his sister and fellow visionary, Jacinta, followed him the following February,...
Pope Francis’ Speech In Malta
On Saturday 2 April 2022, Pope Francis officially started its 36th Apostolic Voyage outside Italy to the Island of Malta. He arrived on our...
The Consecration and First Saturdays
A priest friend placed the following notice in his recent bulletin on the First Saturday Devotion called for by Our Lady at Fatima, and,...
Malta Welcomes Pope Francis
Tomorrow, Saturday 2 April, Malta, my beloved island-state, welcomes the third pontiff to visit her shores. After welcoming St John Paul II in 1990...
The Tragic Tale of John Money and David Reimer
Last year, Mark Steyn hosted Tal Bachman, who wrote a series of articles on culture, the final eleven of which were on the sordid...
Father Bruno Hears a Confession: A Short Story of Shriving
Father Bruno and Father Paul, two Dominican friars ministering to the spiritual needs of the Catholic students at the University of Texas, shared an...
Silver Linings
The real woman won silver, while the would-be one took the gold. And if there is a silver lining in the debacle of William...
