Saint Simon Stock and the Scapular
Saint Simon Stock (1165-1265) was an English Carmelite, who helped establish the ancient contemplative Order in England and Italy, founding monasteries in Cambridge,... Read more.
Krytia Freeland’s ‘Free’ Contraceptives
As the official government webpage puts it: …the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and the Honourable Ya’ara Saks,... Read more.
Blessed Simon of Lipnica (1435/1440 c. – 1482)
Blessed Simon was born in Lipnica Murowana, in the south of Poland, between the years 1435-1440. His parents, Gregory and Anne, knew how to give him a good education,... Read more.
Saint John Gualbert – A Prodigious Prodigal
Giovanni Gaulberto (985 – 1073) – or John Gualbert – was born into a noble Italian family, and like many such, had a dissolute youth, in vanities and ‘romantic... Read more.
Three Books from a Canadian Author
Up-and-coming author Ben Galeski has written three novels thus far, two of them published by Justin Press, and the third about to be. They are works of historical... Read more.
History from a Journalist’s Perspective
A recent article from The Wall Street Journal on human sacrifice in ancient civilizations, children and maidens being slaughtered en masse for what we would not... Read more.
A Serendipitous Pilgrimage
I was driving home the other day from a delightful visit with friends and family over the holiday weekend on a lovely remote property – no cell reception!... Read more.
Chanting the Lord’s Prayer in Scotch Gaelic
Some languages are more similar than others, and some in ways we may not expect. One would not put ecclesiastical Latin and Scotch Gaelic into the same category... Read more.
A New Priest for Pembroke
The newly-minted – or should I say, newly chrismed – Father Lukas Casta was ordained a priest for the diocese of Pembroke today, the Solemnity of Saints... Read more.
Dead-End Debate
Do politics still mean something? I suppose they mean something, but what exactly, is dubious. We’re a long, long way from what Aristotle meant by politics... Read more.