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
Bill C-11 is a piece of government legislation designed to limit – that is, censor – ‘hate material’ on the internet and, as is the case for most such proposed laws, has metastasized from there. It was supposed to apply to larger internet providers, but now apparently targets individual users, thus severely limiting the free[…]
There’s much ado of late on ‘15 minute cities‘, (FMCs – like everything else now, they have their own acronym) a proposed redesigning of our metropolises, so that the basic amenities – groceries, shops, cafes, libraries, schools, parks, even, might we add, churches – will all be within walking, or biking, distance. Gone will be[…]
Sometime contributor to these pages, Rebecca Jacobson – and her own Mum – have a delightful and quite lovely blog, lovingyourhome, which is well worth checking out: reflections, remedies, wisdom and good advice for around the house – and the crisp, lovely photos add to the ambiance. In the most recent post, you can learn[…]
A brief mention of two saints, both of whose commemorations fall on February 29th – the day of their deaths. Hence, on non-leap years they are moved to today, the 28th. I suppose the same happens to people with birthdays on that propitious leap day, when, as custom has it, women may propose to men,[…]
(Besides this notice from PAFE of the upcoming meeting, one of the concerned members of the public has been given ten minutes to give an address to the board members at 4:45 p.m. on the same day, Monday, February 27th, just before the open meeting. Please do pray, and intercede!) In light of the ongoing[…]
As the Catechism, along with solid human reason, have it, men and women are different. But they are also complementary, each with their particular ‘genius’. As such, their roles in the various societies we form should overlap, but they should also be distinct. Since the most fundamental, and most perfect, society is the family, every[…]
What was feared has now come to pass, with the closing of the ‘loophole’ of Canon 87.1, by Cardinal Roche, current head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. A rescription was promulgated just yesterday, February 21st, the memorial, as providence would have it, of Saint Peter Damian, and the eve of what[…]
At what point do we here in Ontario stop calling Catholic schools, Catholic? A name, says the Catechism, expresses a person’s essence. And what applies to persons applies also, by extension, to societies, schools, presidents, prime ministers… My local area has made international news of late, when just a Catholic – we will use the[…]
Pope Francis has appointed a new archbishop for Toronto, Auxiliary Bishop Frank Leo, after accepting the resignation of Thomas Cardinal Collins (Bishops are required to submit a resignation letter to the Pope on their 75th birthday, and the Pope is free to decide whether or not to accept the resignation; there is often some dialogue[…]
On this feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, it would be beneficial to remind ourselves of the papal messages which have been given to us through this worldly known Shrine. I want to start with that given to us by Pope St John Paul II in 2004, from the homily he preached on Sunday 15[…]
