Anne, Joachim and Trudeau’s Tragic Legacy
A blessed feast of Saints Joachim and Anne on this July 26th, who may be deemed patrons of Canada, with the shrine of St. Anne, at Beaupre one of the primary pilgrimage... Read more.
Vandals, Old and New
Good Queen Vic’s at the bottom of the sea Well, where else should she rather be? We are witnessing a swath of wanton destruction across Canada – from the statue... Read more.
Like a Tree Cut Back: Memoir of A Lost Ireland
Like a Tree Cut Back By Michael McCarthy The Poetry Business, Sheffield, England smith-doorstop, 2021 Father Michael McCarthy’s memoir, Like a Tree Cut Back, takes... Read more.
A Reader’s Criticism and a Rallying Cry
A reader – perhaps, as he admits, for his first and only time – wrote the following comment in response to my Dominion Day piece: Newly aware of this... Read more.
The Quite Real Limits of Evil
(For those who prefer auditory format, we will record some of these articles as ‘podcasts’, and please do let us know what you think). History, in fact,... Read more.
Our Original, Glorious and Very Catholic Anthem
A happy and grateful Canada Day to all our readers which I prefer to call Dominion Day, as signifying more fully our allegiance to our king – or, as we now... Read more.
Canada’s Dominion Day
A blessed Canada, or more properly, Dominion Day to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of ‘Canada’ as a (mostly) independent part of... Read more.
Virtue and Vice, and Not Everything Nice
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man’s own will. (Saint Thomas Aquinas) What does it mean to be ‘virtuous’? There is virtue-signaling,... Read more.
The Astronomer and Physicist and Worlds Colliding
What have ancient Greek philosophy, a prophecy of Christ and Covid in common, and might this commonality be used to find common ground? Read on, Macduff, and find... Read more.
Recognizing Lies and Truth
There are different ways to lie. The classical definition is ‘to enunciate a falsehood with the intent to deceive’, derived from Saint Augustine, adopted by... Read more.