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’ve never liked the term ‘gay’ applied to deviant sexuality. It’s a good word – or, perhaps was – meaning happy, joyful. Don we now our gay apparel, and all that, which no longer has the same ring as when the Christmas ballad was first penned by the Scotsman Thomas Oliphant in 1862, to a[…]
We’re a bit late getting to this – and apologies for that, but better that than never. The best laid plans o’ mice and men and a’ that. This is the week of prayer for Christian unity, encouraged by Popes from Leo XIII to our current Leo, in these days leading up to the Feast[…]
Even though the infamous Roe v. Wade decision has now been cast into the dustbin of history with the Dobbs decision of June 24, 2022 – Deo gratias – we still must continue the battle for life. States are enacting and enforcing radical abortion laws, permitting the killing of the unborn right up to birth,[…]
With the feast of Christ’s Baptism last Sunday, and the ‘Second Sunday’ today, we enter back into what we now call ‘Ordinary Time’. We should not misconstrue this term – Ordinary’ here means not ‘humdrum’, but is derived from from the ordinal numbers after which the Sundays are now named, with yesterday being the ‘First’,[…]
For those who want to learn something about the great tradition of Gregorian chant, or hone your incipient skills, there will be a a Chant workshop offered by Miss Catherine Helferty in Ottawa with CAMMAC (Canadian Amateur Musicians, Musiciens amateurs du Canada) on Saturday, February 21st in the new year of 2026. Miss Helferty holds[…]
The 245 cardinals of the Catholic Church – give or take a few – are gathering today and tomorrow in consistory to discuss various issues. We don’t know precisely what they may discuss – the general agenda may be found here, but its specifics are the prerogative of the Holy Father, Pope Leo in consultation[…]
This fifth of January is the traditional commemoration of the eighth bishop of Rome after Saint Peter, namely, Saint Telesphorus. Not much is known about his life: He was Greek, and was chosen Pope in 126 A.D., during which he purportedly instituted a seven-week Lent before Easter, that Easter be celebrated on a Sunday (as[…]
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774 – 1821) signifies what America once was and, by the grace of God, may yet be again – the true ‘MAGA’, if you will, not based on money, but spiritual riches. That said, Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born into financial largess – the proverbial rich heiress – and was married[…]
At the name of Jesus, every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:11)
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH POPE LEO XIV ANGELUS St Peter’s Square Sunday, 28 December 2025 [Multimedia] ________________________________________ Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday! Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family, and the Liturgy offers us the story of their flight into Egypt (cf. Mt 2:13-15, 19-23). It is a moment of trial[…]
