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
I had no idea this was even a thing, but as I was preparing to teach a Chorus class, I came across this article on the purported conspiracy to tune instruments – and by extension our singing voices when accompanied by said instruments – to the standard A (above middle C) at 440 Hz (cycles[…]
I quite like the sound of the name Saint Cloud, whom we celebrated yesterday – ethereal and heavenly, fitting for these last days of summer. His original name was actually Clodoald, a sixth-century hermit (+560), who was of royal lineage – the grandson of Saint Clovis – who renounced the world and became a hermit,[…]
The early life of Saint Helena, or Helen, who is commemorated on this August 18th, is shrouded in legend, with some historical roots, as all legends have. Geoffrey of Wearmouth, the 11th century priest and historiographer (from whom we also get many of the tales of King Arthur) claims she was the daughter of the[…]
Saint Hyacinth (1185 – 1257) was one of the earliest members of the Dominicans – the Order of Preachers – clothed in the habit by the founder himself in 1220. The Polish nobleman followed the path to the priesthood, mentored by his uncle, Ivo Konski, the Bishop of Krakow, but was prompted to join the[…]
Edith Stein (+ 1942) was a brilliant philosopher, earning her doctorate summa cum laude in August of 1916 on the problem of empathy – understanding the suffering of others. Fitting, for she came into in the world in 1891 on Yom Kippur, the high holy Jewish Day of Atonement. Brought up in an observant Judaic household of[…]
Quebec is a paradox, much like France, whose offshoot she is. So Catholic on the outside: majestic churches towering over the countryside and cities, place names evoking saints and a bygone era, and even pockets and remnants of the true Faith here and there. Yet that same Faith no longer infuses and informs the culture,[…]
The French Revolution casts a long shadow. It seems the generational guilt in casting off the ‘shackles’ of the Church, which entailed also the rejection of the moral law and of God Himself, has yet to be exorcised from France. Like Lady Macbeth, they wash their hands in fruitless ways, like trying to clean oneself[…]
One of the key differences between science and pseudoscience, according to Karl Popper, was falsifiability. Science, properly speaking, presents hypotheses that can be tested, while pseudoscience always tries to find a ‘way out’, explaining any failures with extra hypotheses. We wrote of this a while back in distinguishing the method of the astronomer from that[…]
The See of Ravenna – on the north-east coast of Italy – was once, way back in the Middle Ages, nearly on par with Rome in terms of its ecclesiastical stature. Of course, Rome was and is always Rome, and the Pope, the Pope, who is always, unto the end of time, the Bishop of[…]
(As the first line of this reflection I wrote a few years ago states, Canada legalized so-called ‘same-sex’ marriage on this July 20th, back in 2005. As implied herein, once we remove the foundation of the family, anything really goes – now we have emojis – a communicative device I avoid – of pregnant men,[…]
