Weekly Insight
Work Made Light in Saint Joseph
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars at the dawn of the twentieth, followed by the imposition of 'real socialism' by Lenin and Stalin, the first...
A Timeless Ethical Compass: Catholic intellectual tradition and the future of common-law justice
Catholic Social Teaching and the natural law upon which it is founded are not mere historical curiosities to be kept filed away in the past. To the contrary, their origins in God’s designs for...
Marie of the Incarnation: A Saint for Canada
Saint Marie of the Incarnation (1599 – 1672) was a mystic and missionary to Canada, contemporaneous with the first settlers of this wild and savage land, along with the Franciscans and Jesuits who brought...
Saint Pius V: Between Heaven and Earth
Michel Ghislieri was born as Anton in 1504, but took the name of the Archangel 'who is like God' when he joined the Dominican Order at the age of 14, and never looked back....
Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Doctor and Reformer
Ecclesia semper reformanda est.
So goes the old saying - the Church, always in need of reform - applies now, perhaps, more than ever. And one of her greatest reformers was not a Pope, nor...
Pope Benedict and Saint Catherine of Siena
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Hall
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Saint Catherine of Siena
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I would like to talk to you about a woman who played an eminent role in the history of the...
Saints Chanel and Montfort
On this 28th of April we celebrate two Saints: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific - the first to bring the Gospel to a people who had...
Breaking a 26 Mile Barrier
Well, some thought it couldn't be done, but Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha broke the two-hour barrier of the marathon, a 26 mile race of grit and endurance:
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe becomes FIRST person EVER...
Prima Vera Verily Arriving
Spring is slowly, but I hope surely, arriving here where I live, which happens to be near a lake called Kamaniskeg (an Indigenous name meaning 'shining water). It doesn't' shine much during the winter,...
Fourth Sunday and Obeying the Good Shepherd
‘My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish’ (Jn. 10:27).
In this brief statement we have everything we need to know...
Our Lady’s Good Counsel
Our Lady of Good Counsel - Mater Boni Consilii - which is celebrated on this 26th of April, is one of the many titles of the Virgin Mary, this one dating back indirectly to...
Subito Santo? Quo Vadis, Purgatorio?
Pope Francis died on April 21st last year - which seems a different era. We commend his soul to God, praying for him, not to him, for we presume that even those souls who...
In a Hurry to Get Things Done: The Gospel of Saint Mark
Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The third-century theologian Saint Hippolytus (and repentant anti-Pope) claims that Mark...
Saint Fidelis’ Last and Greatest Sermon
Today is the memorial of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, (+1622) whose original name was Mark Rey: 'Sigmaringen' was his birthplace in what is now Germany, and he took the name 'Fidelis' - faithful -...
Chasing Rubber Balls Seems to Cost a Lot
$624 million. That's the apparent tally for hosting the portion of the World Cup games to be held in Vancouver this summer - seven matches, which comes to just under $90 million per game.
We've...
