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
Saint Anastasius I served as Pope for but a brief time, from November 27th, 399, to his death on this day, December 19th, 401, but was known by his contemporaries – Jerome, Augustine and others – for his holiness, his love of poverty, and his devotion to his office. He condemned the writings of Origen,[…]
Saint Adelaide, whose memorial was yesterday in that broad calendar of the blessed, was the first, and as far as I know only, Empress of the Holy Catholic Empire. As a young girl, in 947, she had been married to King Lothair II of Italy, who was likely poisoned. She ran for her life, escaping[…]
What are we to say of the German bishop’s conference – now well traversed on its own path of ‘synodality’ – which just proclaimed homosexuality, by which we may presume they mean the sin of sodomy, to be ‘normal’, devoid of any objective sinfulness. There is not much to add, for the proclamation speaks for[…]
Andrew Scheer has finally succumbed to the inevitable, resigning his leadership in the Conservative Party, and Boris Johnson has won his victory as Prime Minister of England. There is some level of tragedy to both: After a disastrous election, wherein he came across as milquetoast, vacillating and afraid of voicing his own beliefs, Scheer left[…]
Today marks the anniversary of the last two executions in Canada. On this cold December day in 1962, Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin – the former convicted of killing a police informant, the latter of killing a police officer who pulled him over for a traffic stop – were hanged at the Don Jail. May[…]
Besides being the joyful feast of Saint Nicholas, the sixth of December is also the sombre anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre in 1989, which has been commemorated with vigils ever since. Peruse Steyn’s take on the debacle, which did not reflect well, as he puts it, upon Canadian manhood. When Gamil Gharbi, son of[…]
Saint Bibiana, who is commemorated today, a virgin martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate, is the patroness of single laywomen, amongst her other heavenly duties (she is also invoked, for reasons I cannot discern, for hangovers, whether as a cure or as a prevention, but probably both). Single ladies could use a lot[…]
As readers may have now read elsewhere, there has been an indefinite postponement of the proposed beatification of Bishop Fulton Sheen which, as prompted Paula Adamick’s recent piece on the great man, was scheduled for this December 21st. From what we know, some American bishops – the number also not provided – requested the delay,[…]
A blessed and joyous Thanksgiving to all our American readers!
Please feel free to join Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College’s Schola in an Advent musical meditation, on Monday, December 2nd, 7 p.m., at Saint Hedwig’s church in Barry’s Bay, Ontario, featuring pieces by Arcadelt, Pitoni, Palestrina, Bach, Brahms and others, accompanied by our string ensemble, and interspersed with brief readings from Scripture.[…]
