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
September 12th commemorates the Holy Name of Mary, made sacred by the holiness of the Theotokos, the Mother of God, full of grace. It was Pope Innocent XI – a great and holy reforming Pontiff who resisted the Gallican ambitions of Louis XIV (who did not send any help to Vienna), who cleaned up the Vatican,[…]
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. (George Washington, +1799)
Once upon a time, there was a strange belief that the importance of a “free press” lay not only in the existence of independent, privately supported reporting; another value was that of providing a platform for healthy, civil discourse spanning a variety of topics and opinions. Well, such a value seems to be abhorrent to[…]
On September 10, 2025, 31-year-old conservative activist Charlie Kirk—co-founder of Turning Point USA and host of the “Prove Me Wrong” debate series—was fatally shot at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, during the first stop of his “American Comeback Tour”. The shooting occurred when Kirk was answering a student’s question about transgenderism and gun violence at about 12:10 p.m. MST, shortly after the[…]
Saint Peter Claver (+Sept. 8, 1654), whom we celebrate on this 9th day of September, was a Jesuit priest in the first missionary fervour of Ignatius’ nascent Society, a native of Spain, but who spent most of his life evangelizing in what is now Colombia, South America, ministering with what means he could to the[…]
Therefore, let all creation sing and dance and unite to make worthy contribution to the celebration of this day. Let there be one common festival for saints in heaven and men on earth. Let everything, mundane things and those above, join in festive celebration. Today this created world is raised to the dignity of a[…]
In honour of Our Lady’s birthday, here is Anton Bruckner’s Ave Maria, which he composed in 1861, and first performed on May 12th of that year. Bruckner was one of the great composers of the twentieth century, and a devout Catholic, with a deep devotion to Our Lady. May honour to her Immaculate Heart resound[…]
A blessed and joyful birthday to the Blessed Virgin Mary! This feast that has been celebrated since at least the sixth century in Syria, in the wake of the proclamation of Mary as the Mother of God, and, by corollary, co-Redemptrix of the human race, at the Council of Ephesus in 431. Mary is Theotokos, the[…]
In honour of the two newest saints in the Church panoply, here is the overture to Rossini’s opera La Gazza Ladra – the Thieving Magpie. I’m not sure about Carlo Acutis’ proclivities to opera (as mentioned, he died at the tender age of 15, and was more given to technology than music). But we do[…]
You ask me whether I am in good spirits. How could I not be so? As long as Faith gives me strength I will always be joyful. Sadness ought to be banished from Catholic souls… the purpose for which we have been created shows us the path; even if strewn with many thorns, it is[…]
