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
Our society is fragmenting, a tragic process accelerated of late, and it is incumbent on us to maintain some level of social cohesion, to reflect on what it means to ‘belong’ to any given society, and whether it be worth it do so. What is a Canadian, a Catholic, or even a member of your[…]
Wednesday, May 10th 9:00 pm EDT Human Rights Monument, Ottawa Mass at 7:30 pm St. Theresa Church (95 Somerset St W.) before the Candlelight Vigil. May 11th | 12:30 -3:30 pm EDT 12:30 pm – Rally on Parliament Hill 1:30 pm – March downtown Ottawa 2:30 pm – Silent No More Awareness Testimonies 3:00 pm Closing Prayer[…]
If you see a man pure and humble, that is a great vision. For what is greater than such a vision, to see the invisible God in a visible man, the temple of God (Saint Pachomius, +348)
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” Napoléon Bonaparte, + May 5th, 1821)
On this day, May 8, in 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler stood on the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest, at 29,031.7 feet. To get any higher, you’d have to fly. Everest long remained unconquered, and was only scaled for the first time by Tenzig Norgay and Edmund Hillary in 1953. What made[…]
For those living in this area, a fundraising concert is being held next Saturday, May 13th (Our Lady of Fatima) at Saint Michael’s church in Douglas, Ontario, in support of the upcoming children’s musical production, Sleeping Beauty. Hope to see some of you there. Sperate et gaudete in Domino! +
Geraldine Thompson, a Sister of Saint Joseph who taught English at Saint Michael’s College, Toronto, was utterly charming in person, . . . and challenging in conversation. Once she asked me, “Why is it that preachers will explain in detail aspects of the Sunday readings that everyone knows and but say nothing about other passages[…]
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people; in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light (1 Pt. 2:9). As we continue our celebration of Easter and reflect on the earliest days of the Church,[…]
The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above reproach…(and) they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. (1 Timothy 3)
On May 6th, 1954, on a make-do track field in Oxford, in windy and blustery conditions, medical student Roger Bannister broke what some thought was the unbreakable barrier of the four-minute mile. Paced for the first three-quarters by Chris Brasher – who was not so brash as to stop Bannister’s place in history – Bannister[…]
