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
Father Arturo Sosa is at it again: You may recall a few years ago, when the Jesuit Superior – they sure can pick ‘em – claimed that the words of Christ in the Gospel were, well, not really the words of Christ. Or at least we don’t know if they were His words, for they[…]
‘Travesty’ does not seem to begin to describe what has happened in a court in Victoria, Australia, with the appeal of George Cardinal Pell on sexual abuse charges being rejected 2 to 1 in a three-judge panel. Readers may peruse the reflections of George Weigl and Matthew Schmitz for the details, all of which point[…]
In the annals of the continuing free-fall of our culture, the French Catholic school board in the Ottawa region has just instituted a high school course in ‘video gaming’. Their justification? Well, it seems ‘gamers’, if good enough – and I use ‘good’ loosely here – can make six-figure incomes. One wonders. Playing video games[…]
Apparently, there is a ‘Black Mass’ scheduled to be held tomorrow in Ottawa, and Archbishop Prendergast has asked his priests to join the laity in praying outside the heavy-metal bar, appropriately, or rather inappropriately, called ‘The Koven’. We should remember that every sacrilegious Mass – one in which Communion is confected or received in a[…]
Please do pray for Sister Maria Immaculata, of the Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate, one the alumni from Seat of Wisdom College, a young woman who is preparing to make her final profession on the upcoming solemnity of the Assumption. A great gift to God, and an inspiration to us all. And on the more[…]
Our 9th annual Wojytla Conference just wrapped up, which went swimmingly well, this year’s theme being ‘The Splendour of Liturgy’. The three-day event began with an inaugural afternoon workshop and lecture by Dr. Aaron James, the Director of Music at the Oratory of Saint Phillip Neri in Toronto. He arrived well qualified, with doctorates in[…]
We may wonder what the official archdiocesan paper of Toronto – or, perhaps it is, like L’Osservatore Romano is to the Vatican, more vaguely quasi-official – is up to when we read the following, which signify, if nothing else, what is deficient in modern Catholic media: Here’s, a headline from the July 14-21 edition: A[…]
The Archbishop of Krakow, Marek Jedraszewski, made headlines in a sermon on August 1st and sent the LGBTQ community into a rather astounding, if still predictable, tizzy. As his Grace proclaimed: Our land is no longer affected by the [Communist] red plague, which does not mean that there is no new one that wants[…]
Whatever is transpiring at the Pope John Paul II Institute in Rome – the Vatican will have a response, apparently soon, to explain what seems, for now, inexcusable – things are still stable at the sister Institute in Washington. For some inspiration, they have placed the talks of their conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of[…]
Today is the memorial of Saint Charbel Maklouf (+1898), an ascetic, chaste, humble example of monastic sanctity, who spent his life as a priest-hermit in a monastery in Lebanon, a hidden life, praying and sacrificing for the world and for souls. Saint Charbel’s life was completely devoted to God from his early youth, fruitful far[…]
