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May 2013

May 01, 2013

STANDING FOR THE FAITH: Blessed Antonio Primaldo, the Saint Who Stood to the End (UPDATED)

On December 20, Pope Benedict XVI--amid a flurry of 23 decrees including the much-touted proclamation...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

Will Blessed Pope John Paul II Be Canonized on October 22?

The medical council charged with reviewing a possible miraculous healing attributable to Pope John Paul...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

La Verna: St. Francis’ Hilltop Home-Away-From-Home

St. Francis, after whom our new pope is named, is most often associated with the...

March 01, 2013

BANKING HEIRESS FORSAKES WEALTH, Devotes Her Life to Helping Underprivileged Minorities

Twenty million dollars. That’s how much St. Katharine Drexel donated to the education and care...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

C. Everett Koop: The Padre Pio Connection

You probably heard that C. Everett Koop, who served as Surgeon General under President Ronald...

February 14, 2013

This Is Romance? St. Valentine’s Story

He was a priest in Rome. No, he was a bishop in Interamna (now the...

February 01, 2013

ST. BLASE, PATRON OF THROAT ILLNESSES

It’s great to be Catholic—We have so many cherished friends crowding around the throne of...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Orvieto and the Feast of Corpus Christi

The town of Orvieto is an Etruscan city located in the scenic region of Umbria,...

January 21, 2013

On St. Agnes’ Feastday, the Blessing of the Lambs

Sweet St. Agnes had taken a vow of chastity—so she refused when suitors wanted her...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Person of the Day: St. Quodvultdeus

In the Office of Readings for today, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, is a...

December 18, 2012

Vandal Shatters Statues in Louisiana Parishes

I have a small statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Years ago, when I...

December 03, 2012

Remembering St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr

If there’s one thing you see a lot of in Rome, it’s churches. Turn the...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Why Didn’t Saint Andrew Say No?

Last year for Advent, I was given a beautiful little book of reflections from the...

November 21, 2012

FOR THE GUY WHO HAS EVERYTHING: How About a GARGOYLE for Christmas?

Get them while you can: Milan’s Duomo, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente, is putting...

October 2012

October 21, 2012

St. Marianne Cope, Pray for Us

Reverend Sister Marianne Matron of the Bishop Home, Kalaupapa To see the infinite pity of...

October 17, 2012

ST. LUKE: Evangelist, Artist, Physician…

He’s a true “Renaissance Man.” Well, not really, since he lived before the Renaissance even...

October 11, 2012

Teresa of Avila: Patron of Catholic Writers and Headache Sufferers!

A Saint I Can Relate To! St. Teresa of Avila was born 500 years ago...

October 04, 2012

St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals and the Environment

"Not to hurt the creatures, brethren, is our first duty to them, but to stop there...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

Two Doors, Seven Locks: Preserving the Crown of Saintly King Wenceslaus

You may not know this—who thinks of St. Wenceslaus except at Christmastime?—but Friday, September 28,...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Bartholomew: Any Friend of Jesus Is a Friend of Mine

Any Friend of Jesus’ is a Friend of Mine. And this week, we remember one...

August 13, 2012

A Politician-Saint?! St. Stephen of Hungary

It’s not often that a politician is canonized as a saint, is it? Thursday, August 16 is...

August 12, 2012

Holy Grail, Holy Girls, and Holy Grill

On August 10, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome. I...

August 11, 2012

The Seashell and the Three-In-One

Augustine of Hippo lived a wild life—abandoning the faith, fathering a child out of wedlock,...

August 05, 2012

The Ladder of St. Augustine

The Ladder of St. Augustine By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

A Tribute to the Jesuits on Their Feast Day

On July 31, the Society of Jesus marks the 456th anniversary of the death of...

July 27, 2012

Bloggers Have a Friend in Titus Brandsma

You know how it is in the blogosphere: Writers there are fearless, standing alone against...

July 16, 2012

The Power of a Mother’s Prayer

Her son was a wild one. She had tried to impart solid virtues and a...

July 13, 2012

Kateri Tekakwitha: Lily of the Mohawks

When I was in elementary school, my parents splurged on a membership to the Catholic...

July 06, 2012

The Saint and the Scapular: Simon Stock and Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us. We were motoring through the French countryside,...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

When St. Francis Needed to Get Away…

Pope Benedict was scheduled to make a pastoral visit to La Verna on May 13. ...