The Mystery of the Annunciation as Reflected in Pope St John Paul II
March 25th is the Solemnity of the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The centrality of this feast lies in the Latin words found in the Gospel of St John: Verbum... Read more.
Josquin des Prez’ Ave Maria
On this Solemnity of the Annunciation, here is a fitting motet to celebrate with true devotion. During his own life (c. 1455 – 1521) Josquin des Prez was... Read more.
Federal Election, April 28th: The Fight for Canada Continues
After visiting the Governor-General, who must approve in the King’s name, Mark Carney has called a federal election here in our fair Dominion of Canada for... Read more.
Saint Patrick’s Magnificat
Towards the end of his life, Saint Patrick wrote his ‘Confessions‘ which, like his near-contemporaneous Saint Augustine’s autobiography of the... Read more.
Embryos and Adoption
We’ve written before in these pages on the ontological and moral status of pre-born embryos, and the hundreds of thousands of them kept in cold storage. See... Read more.
A Catholic Take on Earth Day
A blessed first day of spring to all our readers! As we make our way through our Lenten pilgrimage, Easter is on its way. As the Council of Nicaea decreed in 325,... Read more.
Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
In this Jubilee year of hope, friends of mine, Pico and Ruth, are organizing a pilgrimage to Spain, to walk part of the final 100 km of the Camino, a route along... Read more.
Five Years Ago…
A pithy paragraph from Mark Steyn, summing up much in a few words: It was five years ago that the entire western world except Sweden replaced various forms of self-government... Read more.
Saint Jan Sarkander, Martyr for Confession and the Faith
Jan Sarkander (1576 – 1620) was a Polish Catholic priest, tortured to death by Protestants over the course of a month at the beginning of the Thirty Years War.... Read more.
Motets in Honour of Two Very Just Men
Arvo Pärt , an Estonian composer (born 1935, and still going – those hardy Estonians!), is known for his method of tintinabulli, which is not, as may first... Read more.