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 life of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581 – 1660) – he always signed his name ‘Depaul’, perhaps so people would not think of him as noble – spans a fractious time in France, with the wars of religion nearing their apex, mixed up with bitter claims over land and money. The instability of the kingship[…]
The title says much of what is in this grim article: Canada, old, poorer, smaller. That is, old and smaller demographically, not in the geological or geographic sense. I strive to see things as they really are, that Canada is in a death spiral, after so many years – nay, decades – of moral, social[…]
Charlie Kirk’s assassination on September 10, 2025, shook the conscience of the world. A young man, killed in broad daylight, was a campus speaker armed only with words, not a president with guards or a senator with influence. President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. President James Garfield was struck down at[…]
Today in Canada we celebrate the Canadian Martyrs, who are commemorated on October 19th in the rest of the world. They are fitting examples and intercessors for our times, unhinged as we are from our moral law, our customs, our traditions and our history. As the new barbarians take power – those who can only[…]
My God, it grieves me greatly that you are not known, that in this savage wilderness all have not been converted to you, that sin has not been driven from it. My God, even if all the brutal tortures which prisoners in this region must endure should fall on me, I offer myself most willingly[…]
(Here in Canada, we celebrate these martyr saints today, commemorated in the universal Church tomorrow, on September 26th, which is when we here in this fair Dominion celebrate our glorious feast of the Canadian Martyrs. More on them, anon…). Cosmas and Damian, according to our tradition, were twin brothers, both Syrian physicians and converts to[…]
For this question, it would not be possible, and possibly not helpful, to try to provide an apologetic for the reliability of “the Bible” if one was going to focus on the collection of texts itself. The Bible is too vast and too varied to be able to give one article’s worth of an answer.[…]
For an official biography of today’s home-grown Canadian saint, the youngest of fifteen children – yes, large families are quite conducive to holiness, if lived well and with joy – beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2001, here is a summary of her life from the Vatican webpage, followed by the Pontiff’s homily[…]
The Church in Canada venerates a number of Canadian saints and blesseds, almost all of them from Quebec, since the rest of Canada was officially and mostly Protestant, and the Church is not permitted to beatify members of other religions, for obvious reasons, even if they die with a reputation for holiness. Such today is[…]
Here in Canada, we celebrate the feast of the Canadian Martyrs on September 26th, so the novena to them begins today. Our Dominion could certainly use their intercession, so I urge readers to join in praying to these holy men who brought the Faith to this land, and gave their lives in witness to the[…]
