Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars at the dawn of the twentieth, followed by the imposition of ‘real socialism’ by Lenin and Stalin, the first day of May was adopted as ‘International Workers’ Day’, to celebrate the rights of the laborer, in light of Marx and[…]
Michel Ghislieri was born as Anton in 1504, but took the name of the Archangel ‘who is like God’ when he joined the Dominican Order at the age of 14, and never looked back. Fitting, for his whole life was a spiritual battle, first, against his own sinful tendencies – against which he was merciless,[…]
Ecclesia semper reformanda est. So goes the old saying – the Church, always in need of reform – applies now, perhaps, more than ever. And one of her greatest reformers was not a Pope, nor a bishop, nor a man, but a simple woman of great holiness, intelligence, character and strength, a Dominican tertiary, who[…]
On this 28th of April we celebrate two Saints: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific – the first to bring the Gospel to a people who had never heard of Christianity. He was tireless and indefatigable in the midst of very difficult and discouraging conditions, and, like many[…]
Our Lady of Good Counsel – Mater Boni Consilii – is one of the many titles of the Virgin Mary, this one dating back indirectly to the 5th century, when Pope Sixtus III provided material and spiritual aid to a church dedicated to Our Lady in the Italian town of Genazzano, whose citizens had contributed[…]
At Easter Sunday Mass, you heard the closing verses of Saint Mark’s Gospel, or almost so. I say “almost” because our lectionary omits the final verse. That is unfortunate, for those few words are crucial for understanding the message Mark has for us. Perhaps the reason for their omission comes from the fact that this[…]
Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The third-century theologian Saint Hippolytus (and repentant anti-Pope) claims that Mark was one of the seventy disciples sent forth by Christ, meeting up with Saint Paul (he is likely the ‘John Mark’[…]
Today used to be (*) a national holiday in England – as the people hearken back to an earlier and better time in the now tragically declined, if not lost, nation. For today is the feast of their patron, the semi-legendary Saint George, martyr for the Faith, slayer of the dragon and rescuer of princesses.[…]
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 23 September 2009 [Video] Saint Anselm Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Benedictine Abbey of Sant’Anselmo [St Anselm] is located on the Aventine Hill in Rome. As the headquarters of an academic institute of higher studies and of the Abbot Primate of the Confederated Benedictines it is[…]
Margaret of Castello (+1287 – 1320) is the patroness of the unborn, the disabled, the blind, for she herself was ‘disabled’, even if she may never have thought of herself that way – she had curvature of the spine, was blind, had a limp from legs of different length, and never grew more than four[…]
