Saint Ignazio da Santhià, A Wise Companion for Holiness
September 22nd is the feast day of Saint Ignazio da Santhià. Who was this Capuchin saint?
Ignazio Bevisotti was born in Santhià (Vercelli) on 5...
Is the Bible Green?
Here is an ad that just landed in my inbox:
I don't know about you, but any Bible with an ideological adjective is suspect, especially...
15 Minute Cities – Utopian Villages, or Dystopic Hells?
There's much ado of late on '15 minute cities', (FMCs - like everything else now, they have their own acronym) a proposed redesigning of...
Blessed John of Rochester, Carthusian Fortitude
Blessed John of Rochester, Carthusian monk and abbot of their charterhouse in London, was cruelly put to death on this May 11th in 1537,...
Pope Benedict and Saint Bonaventure: Part II
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Vatican Basilica
To participants in the Pilgrimage of the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I am glad...
He Spoke to Me Through Brother Horse
This Wednesday, the fourth of October 2023, the feast of Saint Francis, is a day I shall never forget in my Franciscan Capuchin life...
Dom Alcuin Reid, and Sacrosanctum at Sixty
December 4th, 2023 marks the 60th birthday of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Liturgy from the Second Vatican Council, and Dom Alcuin Reid...
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and Consecrated Life
On Friday 2 February, we celebrated the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord. In the presentation of Jesus at the temple to the...
It’s Official: John Paul II Day in Canada
Our parish priest reminded us this morning that by statutory law in Canada, today is officially 'John Paul II Day'. I must confess that...
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...
