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 July 2022, Bangladesh became the first country to grant all of its rivers the same legal status as humans. The movement to grant legal status to nature began in 2008 when Ecuador became the first country to do so. Subsequently, Bolivia passed a similar law in 2011. In 2017 New Zealand became the first[…]
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. (George Orwell)
I don’t normally watch television, but was at someone’s home recently where the black box was on, projecting its neon images into eyes and minds. As we watched Jeopardy! (something I used to do with my dear Mum, who was devoted to the show), to my consternation, a government-sponsored commercial was aired urging parents to[…]
This last day of August is the liturgical feast of a great German saint, Saint Paulinus of Trier. Trier, previously known Trèves and Triers, is a city lies on the banks of the Moselle in Germany, between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border of[…]
When Bishop Guy Desrochers C.Ss.R. was consecrated as the Bishop of Pembroke Diocese in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, he brought with him a rich legacy of devotion to St. Anne, the grandmother of Jesus. Since 2011, Bishop Guy had been rector of the Basilica Shrine of St. Anne-de-Beaupre near Quebec City, so renowned as[…]
I’m not sure what to make of this. After we posted a video of the chant of the monks at the Carmelite monastery in Wyoming, a reader sent along a link to a recent exposé by Church Militant. Now, I don’t really peruse CM’s output, but did watch this video/interview with a former novice, and[…]
We must teach more by example than by word – St. Mary MacKillop This past July in Australian life was full of headlines trumpeting the agreement on the equal dignity of men and women in the local Catholic Church, and understandably, what greeted these headlines were hopes of swift changes in the Universal Church. The[…]
I had no idea that recently-deceased Archbishop Rembert Weakland was almost single-handedly responsible for the abolition of Gregorian chant in the Benedictine Order, which had been praising God with the ancient song from time immemorial. As John Byron Kuhner recounts, Abbot Weakland, then primate of the Order, confronted Paul VI, refusing to submit to his[…]
He must increase, and I must decrease (Saint John the Baptist, as quoted in John 3:30)
Perform your tasks with humility….To the humble the Lord reveals His secrets…By the humble He is glorified (Cf. Sir. 3: 17-20). ⧾ The lessons of the Mass invite us to ponder the virtue of humility, the very foundation of our spiritual life, and of an authentic human life. The word itself is a derivative of[…]
