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
JOHN PAUL II SLAVORUM APOSTOLI I. INTRODUCTION 1. THE APOSTLES OF THE SLAVS, Saints Cyril and Methodius, are remembered by the Church together with the great work of evangelization which they carried out. Indeed it can be said that their memory is particularly vivid and relevant to our day. Considering the grateful veneration enjoyed for[…]
Today, with Saint Josephine Bakhita, we also celebrate Saint Gerolamo – or Jerome – Emiliani (+1537), who ran away from his home in Venice at the age of 15 after his father’s death, becoming a soldier in the religious and political wars then raging in Europe, taken prisoner in a dungeon, which provided him the[…]
Saint Andrew Corsini (1302 – 1374) was born in Florence on November 30th. Hence, he was fittingly named after the great Apostle. Alas, ‘Andrea’ did not live much like an apostle in youth, which was spent in dissolution, as do so many in those insouciant salad days. His mother’s words of concern for his soul[…]
(In light of the recent memorial of Saint Marianne Cope, who also worked amongst the lepers of Hawaii, and who nursed Father Damian on his deathbed, here is a reflection by Carl Sundell on the great Belgian missionary, who gave all, and gained heaven). Joseph de Veuster of Belgium at the age of twenty-four was[…]
Metanoia is the original Greek term for ‘conversion’, which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark with Christ’s exhortation: ‘Repent and believe in the Gospel!‘. Literally, a ‘turning around’ of one’s mind and heart from one point of view to another. One may be converted from country music to classical, or, more importantly, and in the[…]
In this week of prayer for Christian unity, I have an article on the Toronto archdiocesan webpage – or more like a few brief answers to questions – on the life of Saint Francis de Sales. He was an ecumenist par excellence, before that term was ever used, who, in his tenure as bishop of[…]
Saint Marianne Cope (+1918), whose memorial is on this January 23rd, was an American-born Sister of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who spent much of her apostolate working amongst the lepers in Hawaii. She was contemporaneous with Father Damien de Veuster (1840 – 1848), the ‘leper priest’, whom she tended on his deathbed. Born[…]
Kraków is an immensely popular pilgrimage destination and undoubtedly the most frequented tourist city in Poland. It is a home to over 350 Roman Catholic churches. However, the most significant site is the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy, which houses the Shrine of St. Faustina and the renowned image of the Merciful Christ. A mere 750-meter[…]
January 1st begins the new calendar year and it also brings to an end the celebration of the Christmas Octave with the celebration of the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, a feast that celebrates the divine maternity of Blessed Virgin Mary. The coherence of these liturgical celebrations directs us to the ideal of[…]
Two days after the Solemnity of Christmas, Mother Church celebrates the beautiful memorial of St John the Evangelist. Pope Benedict XVI, seeing the paramount importance the Fourth Evangelist has, he wisely dedicated to him some three catechesis. It is interesting to note that these three catechesis delineate some particular aspect which is deeply connected with this[…]
