Annual Wojtyla Institute: The Splendour of Liturgy
Start: August 8 End: August 11 Venue Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College 18 Karol Wojtyla Sq, Box 249 Barry’s Bay,Ontario K0J 1B0Canada Phone: +1 (613) 756-3082 Website: www.seatofwisdom.ca
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On True Treasure
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Word of God spurs us to reflect on what our relationship with material things should be. Although wealth is a good in itself, it should not be considered an absolute good. Above all, it does not guarantee salvation; on the contrary, it may even seriously[…]
Misunderstanding Catholicism—A Primer for Catholics and Other Christians
I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. (Jn 17:20-21) It is long[…]
Ignatius and his Band of Brothers
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) whom we celebrate on this last day of July, in some ways belongs more to the early days of the desert Fathers, or the mediaeval ‘fools for Christ’, than to the many urbane, uber-educated and, sadly, all-too-often heterodox Jesuits of the modern day. Of course, it is the joy, as[…]
Can Popes be Heretics?
Is the Pope a heretic? should sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but is a charge that has been made by a group of level-headed theologians. I was a bit taken aback by the claim, and thought a good place to find an answer is the current Code of Canon Law, which describes[…]
Walking the Opeongo Line with Saint Ann
A brief note from the now-shuttered, yet still beautifully maintained, parish of Saint Joseph’s, on the Opeongo Line, as we, about 90 or so pilgrims, make our way from Our Lady of Fatima in Renfrew to the shrine of Saint Ann’s in Cormac. Begun by diocesan priest Father Scott Murray – a young and vigorous[…]
Martha, Mary and Ill-Fated Marriage
Our Lady of Fatima purportedly revealed to young Jacinta that many marriages are not willed by God, the truth of which may be borne out by a mere cursory glance around the world. Today is the anniversary of what seem to have been two such ill-fated unions. On July 29th, 1565, Mary, Queen of Scots,[…]
The Trudeau Reckoning
When Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould publicly accused Justin Trudeau and his senior aides before a Commons Justice and Human Rights Committee in February of pressuring her to not criminally prosecute the Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin engineering firm for a host of corruption charges, Tory leader Andrew Scheer declared that the prime minister had lost the moral authority to govern[…]
Musical Offerings, Sixteenth Sunday
A few musical gifts recommended by Pater Ignotus – who is himself musically quite gifted, we may add – for your Sunday enjoyment: https://youtu.be/HUbT7WLagRc
The sword of Damocles hangs over Europe
On July 13 1917 the three Portuguese children, Lucy, Francisco and Jacinta, heard from Virgin Mary “if people do not cease offending God, a worse (war) will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by[…]