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
REVIEW: Sorrows and Joys — Colin Ian Jeffery ISBN: 978197459830 Paperback £5.14 Amazon or any good bookshop Collection of 212 poems Colin Ian Jeffery is a leading Christian poet and all poems in this collection have been published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies. The collection gives an insight into the driving forces behind his poetry,[…]
What is in a gesture? A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, to paraphrase fair Juliet, and what matters if someone kneels, stands, lies down or does a yoga pose during the national anthem? Yet we all know, deep down in our heart of hearts, that signs mean something, and the[…]
Today, September 26th, is the feast of the Canadian or, if you will, the North American Martyrs. They were all Jesuits, six priests and two lay brothers, put to death for their faith. Five, Saints Jean de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier and Noel Chabanel, were martyred in Huronia, near Midland, on the[…]
I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. (Genesis 3:16) Ironically, although technological advances have made it possible for the act of parturition (childbirth) itself to be relatively painless, no one can deny that the process of rearing children to be good and responsible members of society will contain[…]
Signs, signs, everywhere, signs, blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind… So sang the Five Man Electrical Band in their 1970 anti-establishment ballad, whose lyrics are clearly anti-signs, at least those that tell you ‘what to do’ or, more to the point, what not to do. Presuming they ever arrived in one piece at their[…]
(Below is a column from our archives, which pertains to some of the ‘rough weather’ tht has been visited upon many people of late. What Carolynne Estis says of Oklahama a few years ago, pertains even more so to the Caribbean Islands, Houston, Mexico…Editor) In the past week, there has been a lot of rough[…]
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary has played an integral role in the tradition of Christian prayer since the early days of the Church, and continues to be a vital part of the daily devotions of Catholic, Orthodox, and even some denominations of Protestant Christians to this day. Once a year, during the season of[…]
Join us in celebrating Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College’s degree-granting status! This event includes a Mass of Thanksgiving (at 3 p.m.), followed by a social, and then the Celebration Banquet, all taking place in Barry’s Bay on Saturday, September 30th. You may purchase your tickets online or by mail and phone. Please find the[…]
Much controversy has been raised by Pope Francis’ recent reconfiguration of the constitutional make-up of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family. As he frames this in his Motu Proprio, Summa familiae cura, this is necessary to adapt to “the new pastoral challenges to which the Christian community is called to respond”. And[…]
Today’s reading, in Saint Paul’s letter to the young bishop Timothy, the Apostle requests all Catholics to ‘pray for those in high places’, for all those carrying that oft-misunderstood quality we call ‘authority’. Whether they are aware of such or not, everyone carrying that burden, however it was laid upon them, by birth, by vote,[…]
