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
The twentieth-or-so- March for Life was overall a success, at the very least in the prayerful witness offered in the cause of the dignity of life. The route was re-routed by the phalanx of uber-weaponized police officers (who had much to-do about nothing really), due to a small-ish group of protestors, wearing masks and shouting[…]
About two-thirds would also limit abortion to – at most – first 3 months of pregnancy OTTAWA – Canadians are strongly opposed to the new abortion requirement in the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Program and two-thirds would also limit abortion to – at most – the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new Knights[…]
I must admit that I have trouble keeping up with the via mundi, the ways of the world, and have this abiding, if inchoate and impractical, desire to flee to somewhere like la Grande Chartreuse, nestled quietly, and quite aptly, in the Chartreuse mountains, at the foot of the French Alps, praying, working, and never hearing another[…]
The annual March for Life is coming up in two days, this Thursday, May 10th, with Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral at 10:00 a.m., and Saint Patrick Basilica, same time, followed by the Rally at 12:30, and the March itself at 1:30 p.m. (For a complete schedule, including the vigil services, see here). If you[…]
A blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter, as we journey with Christ and His Apostles towards Pentecost…Veni Creator Spiritus! It had to happen, I suppose: The Boy Scouts are now the No Scouts, at least, no preconceived (and I mean that quite literally) gendered Scouts, a once all-boy organization run by all-men which stood for over[…]
Radio Maria Canada launches month-long Mariathon to support local and global initiatives Radio station calls on listeners to help raise funds for much needed services TORONTO, May 3, 2018 – During the month of Mary, Radio Maria Canada hosts its annual Mariathon – a campaign held every May through which member networks around the world[…]
A blessed feast of the Apostles Philip and James, the latter called ‘the Lesser’, to distinguish him from James ‘the Greater’, the writer of the Epistle (which here, likely means just ‘older’), whose feast is on July 25th. Philip is the one who asks a number of leading questions in the Gospels, such as ‘how[…]
REVIEW by Reverend Dr. Paul James Dunn: Fatima – story of hope and love — by Colin Ian Jeffery ISBN: 9781985631670 Paperback £4.17 Amazon or any good bookshop (to find the book on Amazon type Colin Ian Jeffery. On the 13 May, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary visited three shepherd children tending sheep near the[…]
In his 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope John Paul II defined work as ‘any activity of man’, contrary to our modern notion, so immersed in what we might call ‘productive’ labour. Yet, as the Pope rightly sees it, the primary aspect of work is subjective, perfecting the one who is doing the work, and only secondarily[…]
(A reprise of an article I published last year on this memorial of the great Saint Joseph…) Saint Joseph has two ‘feast’ days in the universal Church, neither of which is technically a ‘feast’. The first, on March 19th, is his principal day, celebrated as a full solemnity, usually in Lent (unless bumped into Easter[…]
