Weekly Insight
Thomas Aquinas: The Universal and Angelic Doctor
(Last year marked the 800th anniversary of the birth of Saint Thomas Aquinas, who came into this world on this January 28th, 1225. The great saint and doctor died in 1274, and was canonized...
Saint Thomas and the Unborn
Today's feast of the great priest and doctor of the Church, Saint Thomas Aquinas, is also the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1988 striking down of the abortion laws put in place in 1969...
Pope Benedict XVI and the Enduring Value of Saint Thomas Aquinas
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
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Saint Thomas Aquinas (1)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys, today we return to our main theme: meditation on some...
Apologetics 101, Question 11: How do you know for a certainty that Christ performed miracles?
In response to Catholic Insight’s post of Carl Sundell’s list of 39 essential questions Catholics should be prepared to answer about our faith, I have been responding to them one-by-one to equip you with...
Catholic Conscience Rosary: the Annunciation
In the first installment of a series of Rosary reflections highlighting the principles, values, and virtues of Catholic Social Teaching, the civic evangelization organization Catholic Conscience considers the Annunciation.This reflection was first posted on...
Saint Angela Merici and the Ursulines
Saint Angela Merici (+1540) lived and died in Italy, growing up to adulthood during the tumultuous events of the early Reformation (she went to eternity five years after the erstwhile chancellor and martyr Thomas...
Pope Benedict, Timothy and Titus
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
Timothy and Titus
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Having spoken at length on the great Apostle Paul, today let us look at his two closest collaborators: Timothy and Titus....
Saint Paul’s Conversion
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Saint Paul (3)
St Paul's "Conversion".
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today's Catechesis is dedicated to the experience that Paul had on his way to Damascus, and therefore on what...
Anglicanism, Catholicism, Thomism and Ecumenism…
The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)
If there is a patron saint of ecumenism, Saint Francis de Sales fits the...
The Digital World and the Crisis of the Modern Mind
The medium is the message (Marshall McLuhan, 1964)
The invention of the digital world is supposed to be celebrated as a triumph of shared knowledge and digital access. On the surface, such a celebration feels...
Pope Pius XI’s Letter on Saint Francis de Sales
(On the 26th of January, 1923, Pope Pius XI promulgated an encyclical on Saint Francis de Sales on the 300th anniversary of his death, a very profitable read on this his feast, a 'sure...
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 (+1622) expressed, at the height of the divisions and schisms...
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 recent consistory of cardinals. Still, the current head of the...
Anastasia – the Musical!
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College is presenting Anastasia, a musical with a plethora of song and dance - a thoroughly enjoyable evening or afternoon for young and old and everyone in-between!
Witness the story...
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, you read that right - espousals in the plural, both...
