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
In light of the 150th anniversary of Pope Pius IX’s naming Saint Joseph as patron of the universal Church with his 1870 constitution Quemadmodum Deus, Pope Francis has today decreed a ‘Year of Saint Joseph‘, dedicated to the saint, the husband of Mary, the foster-father (nutria) of the Christ child. Quite fitting, in light of[…]
John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York studio apartment by a deranged fan on this day forty years ago – the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – at the rather tender age of forty, six hours after signing an autograph for his future murderer – an act of kindness, and one never[…]
Besides celebrating the great solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Mother of God and Our beloved Mother, on December 8th we also quite fittingly commemorate the declaration of St. Joseph as Patron Saint of the Universal Church. It was Blessed Pope Pius IX, a great devotee of St. Joseph, who, on this day[…]
