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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God. (Saint Francis de Sales, +1622)

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Saint Francis de Sales and the Joy of Salvation

A few words on this feast of the patron saint of writers, as well as this week dedicated to Christian unity; Francis de Sales...

The Council, the Consistory, Liturgy and Life

We live as we pray, for we pray as we live. (CCC, 2725) So it seems the Liturgy was taken off the agenda at the...

Espousal(s) of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This day, January 23rd, is the wedding anniversary of the Holy Family, the traditional feast of the espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Yes,...

Saint Vincent the Deacon’s Silent Witness

Saint Vincent the Deacon (+304), who suffered grievous tortures witnessing to his Catholic faith under the Diocletian persecution (as did yesterday's Saint Agnes) is...

Is There Any Hope for the Catholic School System in Ontario?

As students return to school after Christmas holidays, and in light of yesterday’s memorial of founding Catholic educator Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, I offer these...
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My Peaceful and Profitable Time at the Two Fonts of the Liberal Arts

Facts are to be possessed and used. This was the understanding I held implicitly throughout a secular secondary education and into the first two years of community college. “Knowledge” was a conglomeration of strange things somewhere outside of me; if I was fortunate, they would cling superficially to me for a time. Truth was a cumbersome, awkwardly-shaped reality that I had to force myself to bear.

A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome

I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldn’t just show up in Rome, so to make a pilgrimage of it.

Apologetics 101

Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peter’s admonition to ‘Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence’ (1 Peter 3:15).