Bruckner’s Os Iusti: The Mouth of the Just Man
On this memorial of Saint Bonaventure - as mentioned in our post, one of the 37 Doctors of the Church - a fitting musical...
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...
Ant-Man vs. Daredevil
(As a bit of light-hearted reading before the issuance of the Holy Father’s Apostolic Letter later today, here are some thoughts on two superheroes,...
Noah’s Ark as Spaceship
Noah (2014)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel
Has there ever been a successful adaptation of an episode from the Bible in a film?...
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...
Palestrina’s Sicut Cervus
There are few - some may argue none - who can match Palestrina's composition, and his ars perfecta, in full form here with his motet...
Echoes of Ronald Knox and C.S. Lewis
Some years ago I wrote rather a long winded play, Shaw vs Chesterton, an imaginary debate between two great friends, G.K. Chesterton and Bernard...
Interview with Dorothy Cummings-McLean
What was your inspiration for A Ceremony of Innocence?
A Ceremony of Innocence is very much a tribute to Graham Green and his book The...
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...
Captain America
Wow. Just...wow. Captain America: The Winter Soldier had it all: action, suspense, mystery, romance, camaraderie, spies, secrets, and—most importantly—awesome superheroes. The action scenes were spectacular, but...