Vatican Norms for Apparitions and Revelations
In 1978, the Vatican issued guidelines for discerning the veracity of visions and revelations. Specifically, these were issued by the Sacred Congregation for the... Read more.
This Sweet and Merry Month of May
On this first day of May, dedicated to Mary, in this year after the 400th anniversary year of the death of one of England’s finest composers, William Byrd,... Read more.
The Demise, and Rise, of the ‘Book’
Here’s an intriguing, and for some, disturbing, take on the publishing industry: https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books The title is a bit misleading,... Read more.
First, do what is necessary, then do what is possible, and before long you will find yourself doing the impossible. (Saint Catherine of Siena, +1380)... Read more.
Marie of the Incarnation: Canadian Mystic and Missionary
Marie de l’Incarnation: Études de théologie spirituelle by Pierre Gervais, S.J.: A Review Marie of the Incarnation, born Marie Guyart, was one of the first... Read more.
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano (+1317) is one of the ‘incorruptibles’. She was born in the picturesque cliff-top Italian city on January 28th, 1268, the... Read more.
Ælfheah of Canterbury and Leo IX of Rome
Two saints are commemorated on this 19th of April, both of the Middle Ages: Saint Ælfheah of Canterbury, more commonly known as ‘Alphege’, was born... Read more.
Trudeau’s New ‘Housing’ Plan
G.K. Chesterton quipped once, if memory serves, that each man, with some diligent and faithful hard work, should be able to afford ‘three acres and a cow’,... Read more.
Culloden and Bonnie Prince Charlie
One more note on this April 16th, which also marks the anniversary of the Battle of Culloden in 1746, when the Scottish regiments, in support of Charles Stuart,... Read more.
Google as a Truth Engine?
Most people lie. At least, so it seems, according to a recent podcast by Terry O’Reilly’s Under the Influence, which, unlike many shows Canada’s... Read more.