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
For those in the Toronto area this upcoming weekend, on Sunday evening, there is a choral concert presented by students from Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College. Admission is by free-will donation. Come and immerse yourself in the beauty of the Church’s greatest composers of sacred music, a ‘treasure of inestimable value’, as the Second[…]
A brief mention of Saint Francis Cacciolo (1563 – 1608), who was born during the final sessions of the Council of Trent, and died the year that Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec city, laying the foundation for the future nation of Canada. Francis, however, spent his life far removed from the swirl of history, with[…]
For those in the local area of the Madawaska Valley, there is a presentation tomorrow evening, Wednesday, June 5th, from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 250 John Street, Barry’s Bay. The title: “Euthanasia in Canada – Threatens Your Life?” This is a community event with guest speaker Alex Schadenberg, Executive[…]
The secularization of Poland continues apace: The mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, has now banned any public display of crosses (and any other ‘religious symbol’), including on one’s own desk at work. The Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, has called for such a ban nation-wide. I went on pilgrimage to Poland back in 2015 with my[…]
(Today, May 29th, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of G.K. Chesterton in 1936, and here is an endearing excerpt from his biographer, Maisie Ward): It may be remembered that Miss Dunham noted how Gilbert used to make a mysterious sign in the air as he lit his cigar. That sign, says Dorothy (Collins,[…]
May 27th marks the anniversary of the promulgation of the first official Code of Canon Law, by Benedict XV in 1917. The laborious – even Herculean – endeavour of collating the two millennia wide swathe of Church laws, customs and ordinances was begun by the indomitable Saint Pius X, but completed under his successor. Some[…]
For this Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, we may look at the saints, who certainly have made their own contribution to make to this feast which, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, rightly describes as the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life (no. 261). It was God alone who made himself known to[…]
PRAYER OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO OUR LADY OF SHESHAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN CHINA Virgin Most Holy, Mother of the Incarnate Word and our Mother, venerated in the Shrine of Sheshan under the title “Help of Christians”, the entire Church in China looks to[…]
If you read this in time, join in prayer for England, about to vote, or has already voted, on this May 15th, whether to extend legal abortion right up to birth. Our Lady of Walsingham and Saint George, orate pro nobis!+
It was good while it lasted, one last refuge for men; or, at least, boys growing into men, with all that implies: End of an Era: Boy Scouts of America Officially Changes Name to Embrace Inclusivity After 114 Years I was a guest at a couple’s house recently, south of the border (that is, the[…]
