Mater Dolorosa, Mother of Sorrows
A blessed memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows to all, a feast begun in the 1233 - in the youth of that greatest of...
The Man with the Golden Mouth
Saint John Chrysostom (+407) was a model bishop, a doctor of the Church, an ascetic and contemplative monk who wanted only to retreat from...
Claver’s Fidelity
Saint Peter Claver (+Sept. 8, 1654) was a Jesuit priest in the first missionary fervour of Ignatius' nascent Society, a native of Spain, but...
Our Lady’s Nativity
A blessed and joyful birthday to Mary, a feast that has been celebrated since at least the sixth century in Syria, in the wake...
Saint Teresa’s Dark Night
September 5th is the feast of St Teresa of Calcutta, this year on a Sunday, but a few words may be in order, as...
Teresa of Calcutta’s Mission to the Poorest of the Poor
As universities gear up to receive students, or perhaps not, as the covidian case may be, depending on your 'vaxx status', we should leave...
Dina Belanger’s Unrelenting Quest for Perfection
Blessed Dina Belanger is a home-grown Canadian saint - see our words on the martyr Andre Grasset from September 2nd - whom we commemorate...
Gregory, a Pope for All Seasons
One of the great joys of history is reminiscing about the past, giving hope for the present; for history is ‘eschatological’, moving towards a...
Blessed Apollinaire Morel of Posat
Jean-Jacques Morel was born in a village in the proximity of Fribourg in Switzerland on June 12, 1739. He came into the world after...
Andre Grasset, Canada’s First Beatus, Martyr in the September Massacres
Blessed Andre Grassett was the first Canadian to be beatified - not quite the first 'saint', which requires canonization, which honour belongs to the...