Editor's Corner
Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis
There is a trio of Canadian Saints in this week: Saint Marie of the Incarnation, on the last day of April; Saint Francois de...
Philip and James: Apostles in Arms
Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this third day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. They were...
The Demise, and Rise, of the ‘Book’
Here's an intriguing, and for some, disturbing, take on the publishing industry:
https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books
The title is a bit misleading, in a provocative way, for people are...
Work Made Light in Saint Joseph
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars at the dawn of the twentieth, followed by the...
Saint Pius V: Between Heaven and Earth
Michel Ghislieri was born Anton in 1504, but took the name of the Archangel when he joined the Dominican Order at the age of...
Nota in Brevis
This Sweet and Merry Month of May
On this first day of May, dedicated to Mary, in this year after the 400th anniversary year of the death of one of England's...
Pope St Pius V and His Relationship with Valletta, Malta’s Capital City
On this last day of April, we celebrate the liturgical memorial of the Dominican Pope St Pius V. As Church history would tell us...
Marie of the Incarnation: Canadian Mystic and Missionary
Marie de l’Incarnation: Études de théologie spirituelle by Pierre Gervais, S.J.: A Review
Marie of the Incarnation, born Marie Guyart, was one of the first...
Saints Epipodius, Alexander and Soter: Martyrdom, Marriage and Montanism
Today’s triptych of saints are all connected with the persecution under the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius in the mid-2nd century, particularly as it raged...
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
Saint Agnes of Montepulciano (+1317) is one of the 'incorruptibles'. She was born in the picturesque cliff-top Italian city on January 28th, 1268, the...