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
On November 14th, we celebrate the feast of the great Franciscan Croatian martyr Saint Nicholas Tavelic. His bold witness shows what it means to love Christ and love him till the very end. Nicholas was born at Sibenik in Croatia around the year 1340. Being endowed with the gift of preaching, he proclaimed the Gospel[…]
MP Laurel Collins, of the New Democratic Party, wants to make ‘coercive control’ illegal, especially, it seems, as applied to romantic ‘partners’, former or current. But, who knows, it could apply to anyone ‘coercing’ anyone else to do anything. For, as the article states: Collins’s bill does not define what what controlling or coercive conduct is.[…]
I serendipitously came across this article by Algis Valiunas – always worth reading – which describes what paganism was really like. Not the idealized res publica of the Renaissance and the Romantics. Rather, as Valiunas points out, commenting on the work of the historian Jacob Burkhardt (+1897), the Greek state was a totalitarian monster, often[…]
In the study of hagiography, that is the writing of the lives of saints, one can easily notice the great effect St Martin of Tours’s life story has left on many other saints, starting, of course, from the life of St Francis of Assisi himself. He too, like St Martin, was challenged by the sight[…]
Matthew Perry died last week at the age of 54, found drowned in his hot tub by his assistant (which made me wonder whether all actors all have assistants at home with them) – and, sadly, could not be revived. Mr. Perry main claim to fame is being cast at the age of 24 –[…]
For those readers in the Ottawa region – Canada’s capital! – there is a talk this Friday, November 10th, by Dr. Richard Shaw, a professor of history at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College. The title is an intriguing one: Time and the End Times: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A Catholic View. Please see the poster[…]
This Saturday, November 4th, is the feast of St Charles Borromeo, one of the shining lights of the Catholic Reformation, a time of turmoil. Charles Borromeo, united with St Ignatius of Loyola as well as St Philip Neri, did his very utmost so that the true reform could reach every aspect of Catholic life. Borromeo[…]
It is impressive, fitting for this Solemnity – and a quasi-litany as a bonus:
Today’s Solemnity of All Saints reminds me of St Pope John Paul II’s reflections on holiness, and I’d like to share with you some of his most powerful and life-changing thoughts about it. In his message to the young people of Sicily as they were preparing to make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our[…]
We cradle Catholics all feel a bit of a boost when we hear of converts, especially of the famous sort, even if we also welcome the infamous, the non-famous, the obscure and the hidden – everyone is welcome, and we should beat the bushes to find them and welcome them all into the wedding banquet.[…]
