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 signs have been hopeful in this first week of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate – full regalia, clear teaching, warm demeanour, pastoral yet doctrinal. On Monday, May 12th, he addressed journalists, advocating for a charitable and peaceful presentation of truth, to ‘dis-arm’ words: Let us disarm communication of all prejudice and resentment, fanaticism and even[…]
God is as really present in the consecrated Host as He is in the glory of Heaven (Saint Paschal Baylon, +1592)
On May 16th, the Franciscan family within the Universal Church celebrates the feast of St Margaret of Cortona. Her life was not at all rosy, but she kept her heart open to Christ and the unimaginable happened. Margaret was born in 1247 in Laviano, Italy, in a small farming village. At the age of seven she[…]
The life of Paschal Baylon (1540 – 1592) has much in common with that of his fellow Franciscan, Joseph of Cupertino (+1633). They were both Franciscan friars who adopted lives of great humility and austerity – Paschal would wear a spiked metal coat, or a habit with rough pig hair on the inside. They were[…]
