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
A young man had contracted an incestuous match with his cousin before a Protestant Minister. Fr. Arrowsmith, who performed his functions in those parts, often reproved the unhappy youth, but a person obstinately entangled in sin cannot forgive a monitor. This raised the malice of the incestuous young man and his mother; and as they[…]
We haven’t heard very much about the so-called clergy abuse crisis recently, but you can be sure that if the mainstream media manages to find some obscure, outdated case they will gleefully splash it on their soiled canvas. Thing is, there is actually a great deal to report, and it’s all good news. In the[…]
You may take the shamrock from your hat and cast it on the sod, But ’twill take root and flourish still, tho’ under foot it’s trod. from The Wearing of the Green by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890) For the past forty years, it has been easy to think that the Church has been diminishing, that the[…]
Our March 2014 cover artist, Joseph Ferrant, is the sixth of eight children. He is currently studying English and Theatre at Redeemer University and is a student at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom. He has been drawing for quite a long time, and has studied art formally at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto.[…]
They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes; They look at our labour and laughter as a tired man looks at flies. – G. K. Chesterton, The Secret People I learned my views about money from my father when I was about eleven years old. My dad worked at one of the[…]
My fiancé can sit for hours reading the news. First he cycles through his favourite Spanish papers, and then he ventures into the English ones. His interest in “the news” verges almost on obsession, and he doesn’t understand my aversion to most news sources. If I do read a paper, I will turn immediately to[…]
Signs and Mysteries: Revealing Ancient Christian Symbols by Mike Aquilina illustrated by Lea Marie Ravotti Our Sunday Visitor, 2008 ISBN 978-1-59276-450-1 More devotional than academic, this book begins by discussing the theology, history, and culture of ancient Christian symbols. Aquilina focuses on the Bible and the Church fathers’ explanations and discussions for each symbol. Ancient[…]
Musica Vaticana Featuring Christopher Jackson (Artistic Director) ATMA Classique, 2011 The Cappella Giulia is the name of St. Peter’s choir in Rome, founded in 1513 by Julius II. All the composers on this CD provided music covering the High Renaissance and Baroque periods. Francesco Soriano (1549-1621), Orazio Benevoli (1605-1672), Giovanni De Macque (1550-1614), Roland De[…]
Have you noticed there are an alarming number of combative females on television? I am not talking about women who are angry at everything but rather women who play “tough-guy” characters. The men are the calm writers or the slackers who need protection—while the women get their butts kicked by the bad guys, run headfirst[…]
