Pilgrim Eagle: A Review of Charles A. Coulombe’s History Text Puritan’s Empire
“This above all: To thine own self be true.”
-William Shakespeare
Puritan’s Empire by Charles A. Coulombe is a unique tour-de-force of American history from a Catholic...
Glorying in Glass: A Movie Review of “Snow White and the Huntsman”
Year: 2012
Filming: Color
Length: 127 minutes
Genre: Drama/Adventure/Fantasy
Maturity: PG-13 (for intense themes, scary images, and fantasy violence)
Cast: Kristen Stewart (Snow White), Chris Hemsworth (the Huntsman), Charlize Theron (Ravenna), Sam Claflin (Prince William),...
A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin
The 'Shroud of Turin', widely held as the very burial sheet of Our Lord, imprinted miraculously with the image of His own body, will...
Francisco Guerrero’s Ave Virgo
A fitting way to begin this month of August, dedicated to Our Lady, with some music in her honour. Here is a motet by...
My Sister’s Keeper: A Pro-Life Book Review
It all begins with a bruise: a little clover-shaped bruise. While bathing her two-year-old daughter, Sarah finds a trail of little brown bruises running...
Sci Fi Movie Triplex: Interstellar, Oblivion and Edge of Tomorrow
My movie selection over the past few months has been in the science fiction genre, which is often heavy on the 'fiction', and light...
Thinking as Though God Exists: Newman on Evangelizing the “Nones”
Dr. Ryan Topping, of Newman Theological College in Edmonton, zealous proponent of true Catholic education, life-long teacher, prolific author and sometime contributor to these...
Bach’s ‘With Joy and Peace I Depart’
In 1725, on this feast of the Presentation/Candlemas/Purification, J.S. Bach first presented his cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin - With Joy...
Reading the Church Fathers: A Review
As I was reading Reading the Church Fathers: A History of the Early Church and the Development of Doctrine, a brand new magnum opus...
A Review of Colin Ian Jeffery’s ‘Sorrows and Joys’
REVIEW: Sorrows and Joys --- Colin Ian Jeffery
ISBN: 978197459830
Paperback £5.14 Amazon or any good bookshop
Collection of 212 poems
Colin Ian Jeffery is a leading Christian...