Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
From collected poems, 1911 Song (To C. L.) The corn is garnered, the swallows fly, The leaves fall soft on their wintry bed. There was a dream in the summer sky, And song, as soft as a rose’s sigh. Why should I linger? the dream has fled. The song is silent, the rose is dead,[…]
From the preface to The Path to Rome, 1902 I said, “I will start from the place where I served in arms for my sins; I will walk all the way and take advantage of no wheeled thing; I will sleep rough and cover thirty miles a day, and I will hear Mass every morning;[…]
This summer, Saskatoon hosted the first ever Rebuilding Catholic Culture Conference on 19 and 20 July. Keynote speakers were Catholic biographer Joseph Pearce and Saskatoon’s own Dr. Ryan Topping—from whose recent book, Rebuilding Catholic Culture (Sophia 2012), the event took its name. The event was the fruit of an entirely grassroots effort. Along with a[…]
Our September artist Andrew Wilson Smith is a freelance sculptor and stone carver, working in a variety of media including cast bronze, plaster, and stone. Mr. Smith has completed a number of sculpture commissions in both sacred and secular settings. In addition to his work as an artist, Mr. Smith is deeply involved in teaching[…]
Our October artist Sheila Diemert is an artist living and working in Kitchener, Ontario. She enjoys creating art that is uplifting and positive and paintings that have meaning for the owners: portraits of people they know and love or places they have been to or hope to visit one day. She paints flora, landscapes, portraits,[…]
“Children are a grace that is given to a couple. … We need signs among us that when we put God first, others second, and ourselves third, that it works.” In the early part of the sixth century, St. Benedict, appalled by the immorality of Rome, left to pursue the Christian life in the desert.[…]
Dear Brothers and Sisters! At the end of its Constitution on the Church, the Second Vatican Council left us a very beautiful meditation on Mary Most Holy. Let me just recall the words referring to the mystery we celebrate today: “the immaculate Virgin preserved free from all stain of original sin, was taken up body[…]
I am always trying to forget what I know—and to find what I don’t know. – G. K. Chesterton When I drive home from work, I have to be careful because sometimes deer cross the road, and occasionally a bear. Recently as I was driving, I noticed that the van in front of me was[…]
In each child I haven’t the strength to hold For yet one moment more An acrid haze of molten air Shrouds the burning shore Entire town engulfed in flame This lake our sole flight Praying for our Lord’s assist To save us through this plight I offer you in fading stretch This precious child of[…]
Our November cover artist, Sheila Diemert, lives and works in Kitchener, Ontario. She enjoys creating art that is uplifting and positive and paintings that have meaning for the owners: portraits of people they know and love or places they have been to or hope to visit one day. She paints flora, landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Sheila[…]
