Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

St. Ursula

Maiden Martyr Several legends are circulated regarding the life, journeys, and death of St. Ursula and her companions. Ursula was the daughter of a Christian British king. The stories of her life are based primarily on the inscriptions by Clamatius, an early senator, which were carved into a stone document that hangs in the church […]

LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD – 2023: SPECIAL EDITION 3

Erik Varden is bishop-prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Trondheim, Norway. A native of South Norway, he grew up in the village of Degernes. Varden was educated at Cambridge University and the Pontifical Oriental Institute before becoming a Cistercian monk of Mount St. Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire, making his solemn profession in 2007. Ordained priest […]

The Synod and fatigue risk

The intensive pace of the Synod assembly underway at the Vatican is beginning to take a toll on the participants