Friday Favourites: Divine Renovation
Last week, at our annual Living With Christ dinner and lecture, it was snowing hard. It was snowing really hard: huge gusts of wind, thick heavy flakes falling to blanket […]
Monthly Archives: November 2014
From Vatican II to Pope Francis
To mark tonight’s Inaugural Living with Christ Lecture, we share with you a brief excerpt from the speaker’s book Divine Renovation: From a Maintenance to a Missional Parish. Fr. James Mallon […]
Prayers and Rituals for the Home
“I am well aware that the material in this book is only a smattering of what family prayer can entail,” says Kathy Hendricks in the closing pages of her book: […]
The “Big Bang”
In honour of the announcement of Br. Guy Consolmagno’s reception of the renowned Carl Sagan Medal “for outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public,” we share with […]
Christmas Already?
Once again we come to that time of the year when we hear some people lament the early appearance of Christmas decorations in stores and holiday commercials on TV. More […]
We Remember…
Let us pray today for all those who gave of their lives in service of our country. “Almighty ever-living God, hear our prayers for those who died in defence of country […]
Friday Favourites: Getting to Know the Gospels Series
I wonder if anyone remembers SparkNotes. SparkNotes were big back in middle school—they were more or less the same thing as Cliff’s Notes. At first it was a website where […]
Prepare for Christmas: Books for the Advent Season
Daylight comes late and ends early in November. The cooling temperatures and shorter days are harbingers of the looming winter, but also of the spiritual season of Advent. This pre-Christmas […]
St. Charles Borromeo
Ambrose. Charles Borromeo. Alfredo Schuster. Giovanni Montini. Milan has witnessed some of the greatest bishops in Church history. Of its bishops, two have been elected pope. Dozens of saints have […]
The Universal Call to be Saints
Dorothy Day, the renowned founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, once said in her later years: “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed so easily.” Years […]
Seeds of Faith 