Sr. Helena Burns

September’s prime time for the Martyrs’ Shrine

September 5, 2026

Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ontario, is one hundred years old this year, and the Canadian Martyrs feast day is just around the corner on September 26.

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Women and men share sin’s bodily burden

July 24, 2026

A friend recently asked in effect: “Why are only women designated as ‘virgins’ in the liturgical calendar? Isn’t it an important virtue and value for men as well?”

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Receiving Jesus through His most precious blood

July 10, 2026

July is the month of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ. Just to say those words: “Most Precious Blood of Jesus” feels so sacred—and it is!

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Devoting ourselves to Jesus’ Sacred Heart

June 19, 2026

Thankfully we have a whole month devoted to the Sacred Heart because… is there a more delightful devotion than that to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?

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Let the Good News wash away the bad news

May 22, 2026

Is the “bad news” cycle getting you down? If it is, you’re not alone. Remember the old expression regarding news media: “If it bleeds, it leads”? Professional fear-mongering has reached some sort of peak lately.

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The priesthood’s heart is in spiritual fatherhood

May 8, 2026

I was recently watching the Daily TV Mass when the young Salesian priest from Toronto who was saying the Mass told his amazing vocation story.

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Faith blooms in the Mary month of May

What will you do for the month of your Mother?

April 23, 2026

What are you doing for the month of May? Specifically, what are you doing for the month of Mary? “All hail to dear Mary / the patron of our way / to the fairest of all queens / be the fairest of seasons sweet May!”

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Loving God means belonging to Him

The capacity of knowing God is being methodically destroyed

April 17, 2026

“Every great spiritual tradition in history has understood that prayer, contemplation, the encounter with the transcendent requires the ability to be still, to focus, to resist distraction. And we are living in a civilization that has systematically dismantled that capacity,” the great Dr. Lennox says.

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Sr. Thecla lived life with God’s gusto

April 3, 2026

Even if you only met her briefly, you would never forget the encounter with our dear Sr. Mary Thecla Paolini, FSP, who recently passed at 92.

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Kids need reading, not techno toys

March 12, 2026

Thank God more and more school boards, individual schools and universities effectively banning cell phone/headphones in classrooms. Why Because Gen Z (born c. 2000-2013), and even more so, Gen Alpha (born c. 2013-2025) can’t read or write, and they don’t want to learn how.