Hilary Mantel’s Reformation Revisionism
Hilary Mantel, English novelist died last week at the age of 70. Her fame - or infamy, depending on one's perspective - rests largely...
The Catechism of Hockey
The Catechism of Hockey
by Alyssa Bormes
American Chesterton Society Books, 2013
ISBN: 978-0-97444-950-0
“What if Wayne Gretzky’s mother was his first teacher of hockey and supported him...
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains
(In light of Saint Isidore of Seville, patron of the internet, here is a re-post of a review from 2016, on Nicholas Carr's book,...
Trudeau’s MAiD Service: A Euthanasia Program for Canada
The development of the laws that legalized and continue to expand assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada reflect the speed at which society increasingly...
Signs and Mysteries: Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols
Signs and Mysteries: Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols
by Mike Aquilina
illustrated by Lea Marie Ravotti
Our Sunday Visitor, 2008
ISBN 978-1-59276-450-1
More devotional than academic, this book begins by...
Brother John: A Monk, A Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life
August Turak has written a delightful little book – and by ‘little’, I mean the term in a way similar to Christ’s usage of...
On the Beach, With Benedict and Hope
Pope Benedict XVI, in his second encyclical, the 2008 Spe Salvi (Salvific Hope) offers a distinction from the Letter to the Hebrews: We as...
What to expect when no one’s expecting
What to expect when no one’s expecting: America’s coming demographic disaster
by Jonathan V. Last
Encounter Books, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-59403-641-5
In 1796 Thomas Malthus published An Essay on...
A traditional gem from a young composer: a review of “New Catholic Hymns”
It is unusual to encounter newly-written sacred music that appeals to traditional hymnodic taste; perhaps it is unsurprising that when such music does appear,...
Book Review: As We Worship So We Become: Meditations, Prayers and Devotions to the...
Rev. Marco Testa, As We Worship So We Become: Meditations, Prayers and Devotions to the Most Holy Sacrament of The Altar: 2023.
The Holy Sacrifice...
