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The future of the Church

By Michael CorenPosted on September 8, 2013Posted in Columns, Editor's CornerTagged Magisterium, Michael Coren, travel, pro-life, Toronto, Catholic Insight, charity, Pride, vatican ii

I speak a great deal at Catholic and pro-life venues in Canada, the United States, and Britain. It’s perhaps the aspect of my professional life that gives me most pleasure—travel, meeting people, seeing the Church and the various moral struggles through the eyes and experience of others. Most of the men and women I meet are[…]

Spring thaw, Eel’s Creek

By Francis Joseph DvorakPosted on February 9, 2013Posted in BlogsTagged St Augustine's Seminary, Archbishop Spence, Toronto, John Libby Gallery, purpose of art, Francis Dvorak, Eel's Creek, Florence, Michael John Angel, Pietro Annigoni, nature, Cardinal Ambrozic1 Comment

Our January 2013 cover artist, Francis Dvorak, holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Toronto. He studied painting under Michael John Angel, a student of Pietro Annigoni. He resides in Toronto and has a studio in North Kawartha, Ontario. What is this piece about? This piece is called “Spring thaw, Eel’s Creek.” is is one of my favourite spots on Eel’s[…]

Fall trees

By Anne-Marie DoylePosted on November 22, 2012Posted in FeaturedTagged masters, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, painting, the Cross, purpose of art, beauty, sin, Anne-Marie Doyle, inspiration, Toronto, Lewis, pumpkin pie, CS Lewis, charcoal, The Great Divorce, oils

Our November 2012 cover artist, Anne-Marie Doyle, lives in Toronto, selling pumpkin pie and pumpkin spice coffee and finishing her last semester of English Literature studies. She is slowly working toward fluency in the language of charcoal and oils, and hopes to spend a few years training with master painters (if she can sell enough[…]