A Panoply of Four Saints: Marguerite, Hedwig, Margaret and Gerard Majella
h. We celebrate a veritable panoply of saints today: In Canada, we have the memorial of Saint Marguerite D’Youville (+1771), the first Canadian-born saint....
Teresa of Avila, Doctor of Prayer
Today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), a discalced Carmelite nun who reformed the Order, which traced its origins way back...
Saint Callixtus: From Slave, to Pope, to Martyr
October 14th is the memorial of Saints Callixtus, (+222-223) (also spelled Callistus), whose life is historically shrouded, as are many of the early Christians....
The Final Apparition and Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three...
Thanksgiving Day
A blessed and joyful Thanksgiving to all of our readers! We extend this to our American neighbours, even if they hold their own day...
Mrs. Clancy and the Children
I’ve hesitated to write about the Lindsay Clancy case, for the whole tragedy is quite literally ‘obscene’, which is to say, too gruesome to...
Saint Francis Borgia – Second Founder of the Jesuits
Saint Francis Borgia (1510 - 1572), whom we recall on this October 10th, was a true renaissance man, who lived two lives in one...
Saint Denis of Paris and Saint John Leonardi of Lucca
Besides the great John Henry Newman, we also commemorate two other saints on this day:
Saint Denis, patron of Paris, was the first bishop of...
The Holy Rosary, the Hope of Lepanto, of Europe, of the World…
Today we celebrate Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, a feast instituted by Pope Saint Pius V in commemoration of the great victory...
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher: Forming the Next Generation
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher (+1849) is commemorated today along with Saint Bruno. She was a Canadian religious sister, who, under the inspiration of Saint Eugene...
