The Ave Regina Caelorum
The Ave Regina Caelorum is the Marian antiphon sung during Lent. Its origins and composer are unknown, but manuscripts exist from the early 12 century onwards. There... Read more.
Pope Francis’ Thirteenth
Thirteen years ago, on a fateful March 13th in the year of Our Lord 2013, Jorge Bergoglio was elected the 266th Pope, taking the name Francis, until then never chosen... Read more.
Novena Prayers to Saint Joseph
March 10th – or 11th, if you want to end on the Solemnity itself – is the day to begin the novena to Saint Joseph, – but you may begin anytime,... Read more.
Eliot’s Ash Wednesday
T.S. Eliot published his poem Ash Wednesday in 1930, after he had composed during his conversion to Anglicanism (in 1927). The theme is, fittingly, the soul in its... Read more.
Letter to the Editor: Climate Insanity
(What follows is an open letter to the editor of various local papers where I live, and I thought it would do for a wider audience, with the author’s permission.... Read more.
What Was It All About?
Many suspected as much, that the mRNA ‘vaccines’ were not quite as ‘safe and effective’, as they were touted to be, as the sign still says... Read more.
The Planets Align
This evening, February 20th, and again on February 28th, seven of the planets align in the night sky, a rare event, the official term for which is syzygy. See the... Read more.
Of Flags and Dominions
Today marks the 60th anniversary of our adoption, back in 1965 under Lester B. Pearson, of a the ‘maple leaf’ as our national flag, replacing the richer symbolism... Read more.
Jovinus and Faustinus, and All the Single People
Jovinus and Faustinus were two noble brothers, martyred together in the early days of the Church, in about 120 A.D, under Emperor Hadrian, after whom the wall separating... Read more.
Ricci and Lucia
On this February 13th we commemorate the mystic Dominican tertiary Saint Catherine Ricci (1522 – 1590), a contemporary of Saint Philip Neri (+1515 -1595), to... Read more.