Saint Bridget of Ireland
Saint Bridget of Kildare (451 – 525), who lived a century after Saint Patrick (385 – 461), and a century before Saint Columbanus (543...
Integrity for Borders, and Borders for Integrity
A country without borders is no country at all. It is, rather - to paraphrase Metternich’s description of 19th century Italy - nothing more...
Thomas Aquinas: The Common and Universal Doctor
(This year marks the 701st anniversary of the canonization of Saint Thomas Aquinas, on July 18th, 1323, by the Avignon Pope, John XXII. Good...
Saint Angela Merici’s Ursulines
Saint Angela Merici (+1540) lived and died in Italy, growing up to adulthood during the tumultuous events of the early Reformation (she went to...
Saints Timothy and Titus
A blessed memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, co-workers of Saint Paul, both of them ordained by him into the early episcopacy of the...
Saint Paul’s Metanoia
Metanoia is the original Greek term for 'conversion', which opens the Gospel of Saint Mark: 'Repent and believe in the Gospel!'. Literally, a 'turning...
Saint Francis de Sales and the Joy of Salvation
It would be ironic if on this feast of the patron saint of writers, as well as this week dedicated to Christian unity, we...
Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai
Many of us have heard of Saint Damien of Molokai, the heroic missionary priest who gave his life working amongst the lepers in Hawaii....
Vincent the Deacon’s Silent Ordeal
Saint Vincent the Deacon (+304), who suffered grievous tortures witnessing to his Catholic faith under the Diocletian persecution (as did yesterday's Saint Agnes) is...
Agnes the Pure and Chaste
'Tis incumbent upon us in these days, so inimical to anything chaste and pure, to remind ourselves of the genius of the feminine and...