If you’ve ever found shop-bought Advent calendars a little lacking, and want an easy way to be guided through the season with some spiritual reading and daily challenges to put your faith into action in the run-up to Christmas, you might like…
The build up to Christmas is often such a busy and hectic time that we struggle to make space for the quiet reflection that Advent calls for in our own lives as adults, let alone in the lives of our children. That’s…
A Neo-Romantic Approach to Apologetics By Stratford Caldecott († 17 July 2014) Photograph © Dean Evans 2019 In the work of evangelization we rely to a very great extent on what is called “apologetics”, or the art of explaining and defending the…
Stratford Caldecott’s Metaphysical Perspective By Rev. Jacob A. Strand During my first parish assignment in my home Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, much of my priestly ministry transpired in school as well as in church. Teaching the elementary school students and ministering the sacraments…
by Edward Hadas It might be easier to list the topics which left Stratford Caldecott indifferent than to count up his concerns, fascinations, and spiritual loves. Economics was certainly on the latter list, but he never quite got to the bottom of…
The Centre is Everywhere By Adrian J. Walker The task I’ve been assigned is no easy one. How to do justice in just a few paragraphs to the life and work of a great friend who also happened to be a great…
Charlotte Ostermann’s interview with Stratford Caldecott about Beauty in the Word and Beauty for Truth’s Sake. The following interview took place in 2012 and is re-posted from Stratford Caldecott’s blog, Beauty in Education. 1. Fr. Giussani speaks of the “risk of education”….
