Faith and Frying Pans: What My School Gave Me that My Parish Didn’t
Editor's Note: Church, State, and Education The history of Canada's formation and endurance as a nation-state is a unique and engaging blend of national, religious, linguistic,...
The Bloody Elephant in the Room: Abortion and Western Canada
Once upon a time, there was a strange belief that the importance of a “free press” lay not only in the existence of independent,...
The Danger of Therapy Without the Cross
As a psychology graduate, I do not dismiss the benefits of this discipline, along with psychotherapy, which can help us understand behaviour, wounds, fear, grief, family patterns, and suffering. But something changes when psychology stops being a tool and becomes a worldview. One of the great temptations of our age is the belief that therapeutic language alone can tell us who we are, what is wrong with us, and how we are to be healed.
Forgiveness, Not Mockery, Reveals the True Measure of a Soul
When Erika Kirk stepped up to the microphone to speak about Charlie, the mood was nothing like a staged tribute. You could witness her...
Healing for Priests and the Need for Authentic Spiritual Fatherhood
We live in a time when we are facing a growing crisis of fatherlessness. This is evident not only in society but also in...
Canada’s Ominous Bills That Would Make Orwell Blush
Over the past decade, Canada has slid from policing words to policing thoughts. What was once the domain of dystopian fiction, such as Minority...
Memento Mori: From Temporary Pain to Eternal Purpose
Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning “remember that you will die.” For centuries, it served as a warning against wasting life on temporary things...
Psychedelics, Meditation, and Attention to the Mind: Sam Harris’s Recipe for a Post-Biblical Consciousness
Sam Harris, on his latest tour, recently claimed that with a few psychedelics, his genuine instruction on how to attend to the nature of...
Dolly’s passing – a look into the soul of America
(New contributor Suzanne Cruz offers here a contrast between the public reactions to the recent deaths of Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem. Both had...
Cody Lambert, a ’90s Sitcom Hero, and the Catholic Moral Imagination
Over the past few months, I have found myself scrolling through Facebook Reels that surface fragments of 1990s television, shows like Step by Step,...
