Sacred Sounds – From Kyiv to Canada A celebration of Eastern and Western Christian choral music Sheptytsky Institute Choir with Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Schola (Barry’s Bay) Sunday, March 26, 3:00 p.m. Divine Infant Catholic Church, 6658 Bilberry Dr., Orleans Free parking. Refreshments to follow Tickets $20 (adults), $10 (students), free (children under 13)[…]
Nota in Brevis
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Schola is singing Schubert’s setting of a solemn High Mass at 11: 00 a.m. this Saturday, March 25th, at Saint Columbkille’s cathedral in Pembroke, to celebrate the solemnity of the Annuciation. The celebrant will be one of OLSW’s own alumni, Father Scott Murray. If you are in the area, please[…]
The funeral for Monsignor Vincent Foy will be held this morning at 11:30 a.m. at Holy Family Parish, fittingly in the usus antiquior, the rite (or form) in which the good Monsignor celebrated Mass for most of his 77 years of priesthood. Please do peruse the review by Father Scott Murray of Rod Dreher’s book[…]
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Monsignor Ambrose Pick, pastor of Saint Hedwig’s church from 1978-2002 (but was a priest for many years before that), after which he enjoyed a quasi-retirement, but would joke that he was working harder than ever. Monsignor Pick was a great friend to Our Lady Seat of[…]
Tallis Choir of Toronto presents: Requiem for a Renaissance King Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 7:30 pm St. Patrick’s Church 141 McCaul Street (north of Dundas, near St. Patrick Station) Toronto, ON M5T 1W3 416-598-3269 Students, $10 (at door only); seniors, $25; general admission, $30 Information or tickets: info@tallischoir.com; www.tallischoir.com/ticketing.html 416-286-9798 UofTTix Box Office 416-978-8849[…]
Macbeth at OLSW
This weekend is OLSW’s annual theatrical production, this year a new take on Shakespeare’s immortal 1606 play Macbeth. Be sure not to miss this event, which is always a crowd-pleaser! Performances will take place in St. Hedwig Catholic Church Hall at 35 Karol Wojtyla Square in Barry’s Bay on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11[…]
Mothers and Mosques
We keep hearing of ever-new insanities, as the academia-media complex tries to shape reality to fit its world-view: Here we see that physicians in Britain have now been ‘requested’ never to refer to pregnant women as ‘mothers’. Not because the baby inside them may not be a baby (for, according to our schizophrenic laws, it[…]
Good News for Our Lady Seat of Wisdom
From Dr. Keith Cassidy, President of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom: We are pleased to announce that the Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development has agreed to allow Our Lady Seat of Wisdom to offer the degree of Bachelor of Catholic Studies. This consent is subject to certain conditions and is for an initial[…]
A couple of postings for your perusal: On the quality of mercy, in the light of the great Shakespeare. And the young, politically active Alissa Golob’s take on her visit to President Trump’s inauguration and the March for Women. We may not agree on all things, but different perspectives help at times. And, speaking of[…]
Off on the Right Foot
The Trump presidency has started off on a most heartening note, with the new commander-in-chief signing back into effect the ‘Mexico City’ policy, removing all American funding of overseas abortions. This policy, first put into effect by Ronald Reagan, was rescinded by, yes, Bill Clinton, then put back by George W. Bush, then rescinded again[…]