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
This weekend is OLSW’s annual theatrical production, this year a new take on Shakespeare’s immortal 1606 play Macbeth. Be sure not to miss this event, which is always a crowd-pleaser! Performances will take place in St. Hedwig Catholic Church Hall at 35 Karol Wojtyla Square in Barry’s Bay on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11[…]
The letter of St. Paul to the Romans uses the same basic structure found in his other letters. It features one important aspect of the mystery of Christ (chapters 5-11) and brings out its implications for Christian life, morality, and spirituality. In this case, the focus is on Christ as enacting the new and[…]
The Church has consistently advocated the proper distribution of wealth in society, ensuring that each one has ‘enough’ on which to live. Of course, the Magisterium has consistently condemned the intrinsically perverse solution of ‘socialism’, advocated by Karl Marx, and developed by his intellectual descendants, wherein the benign and disinterested ‘State’ would gather to itself[…]
Anybody heard of Pinterest? If you haven’t, count your lucky stars because you’ve just “gained” back hours and hours of time to waste on something else. Pinterest is a virtual “ideas” cork-board—a place where anyone and everyone can put up a picture, post an idea or website, or browse and gather ideas for things like[…]
Among the many fruitful ways of understanding the writings of St. Paul is to focus on the connection that he makes again and again between some important facet of the mystery of Christ and the ways in which Christians ought to live. In this first of a series of essays, let us take up[…]
We keep hearing of ever-new insanities, as the academia-media complex tries to shape reality to fit its world-view: Here we see that physicians in Britain have now been ‘requested’ never to refer to pregnant women as ‘mothers’. Not because the baby inside them may not be a baby (for, according to our schizophrenic laws, it[…]
As I mentioned on Saturday, now proclaimed on our webpage, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom has received accreditation. Alleluia! The little college that began with nine students back in the Jubilee Year 2000, has now been recognized by the Ontario government as a degree-granting institution. It is significant that we heard news of this on[…]
From Dr. Keith Cassidy, President of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom: We are pleased to announce that the Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development has agreed to allow Our Lady Seat of Wisdom to offer the degree of Bachelor of Catholic Studies. This consent is subject to certain conditions and is for an initial[…]
The mercantile nature of journalism has finally come full circle, as the newspapers (well, given that many publish in other media, we should call them ‘news sources’) are now begging for public subsidies.
A couple of postings for your perusal: On the quality of mercy, in the light of the great Shakespeare. And the young, politically active Alissa Golob’s take on her visit to President Trump’s inauguration and the March for Women. We may not agree on all things, but different perspectives help at times. And, speaking of[…]
