Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

Pride & Humility

Do you know how the devil became the devil? God did not create him evil. Rather, according to Scripture, the devil was created as one of

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Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Catholic Ethics

Catholic ethics is a combination of formal (speculative knowledge) and practical science.  Kant would seem to be entirely formal, while utilitarianism would seem to be

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Columnists
Fr. Edward Lee Looney

The Marriage of Matthew 25 and 28

This past summer I was working as a hospital chaplain. As part of this group, my three other peers along with a supervisor would meet

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Columnists
Matthew Higgins

Ain’t Nobody Got Time…Enjoy It

Pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin picking. It seems like I just finished putting away my bathing suit from summer vacation and already I’m seeing

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Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Conscience Rights

In Ontario, unfortunately medical professional’s personal consciences are not respected. Two instances, amongst others pose an immediate and proximate issue: MAID (assisted suicide), and effective

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

The Case for Christ

In the late 1970s, a journalist named Lee Strobel was at a crossroads. He was born and raised an atheist, and his wife was one

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Prayer
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Essentials to the Spiritual Life

Aristotle teaches that “definition” is the first act of the intellect when constructing arguments or seeking to even understand. Now to The Philosopher, definition was

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Health & Fitness
Elizabeth Hillgrove

Happy Birthday, Mary!

As it turns out, Mary is one of my favorite writing topics. I have always been fascinated by her, for obvious reasons. Suspend reality for

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The Failure Rate

I have been told more times than I can count that if I were truly against abortion I would have to be pro-contraception. “Contraception prevents unwanted pregnancies,” the argument goes, “so putting women on reliable birth control would cut down on unwanted pregnancies and there would be fewer abortions.”

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Scripture
Fr. Joseph Gill

Silence

 Here are four statistics to boggle your mind: –          The average teenage girl sends and receives an average of 4,000 texts

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Prayer
Kat Larson

Powerful Pieta

I have been actively trying to pray more during my breaks at work. The break room is in the basement where no WIFI service can

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Columnists
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko

Stewing in Humiliation

Sometimes we are called not only to experience humiliation in order to be sanctified, but we must stew in it for the reality of our

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Spirituality
AnneMarie Miller

Are We Making Peace a Priority?

I am a recovering control freak. For much of my life, I would be anxious about the future. I would succumb to stress or overthink

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