St George Preca: the Apostle of God’s Redeeming Love
Today, Thursday 9 May 2024, every corner of the Maltese Islands resounds with great joy a cry of joy and hope. Today, we Maltese...
Saint Gemma Galgani
On this April 11th, in 1903 - the same year that the Italian Guiseppe Sarto was elected Pope later that summer as Pius X...
Mother Cabrini’s Lasting Legacy
In the United States, November 13th is the memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, or 'Mother Cabrini' (1850 - 1917) as she came to...
Saint Patrick and the Emerald Isle: Erin Go Bragh!
A very happy Saint Patrick’s Day, to all our readers, which this year is still toned down by the insidious Covid-19 virus - or,...
Father Francis Caracciolo’s Burning Heart of Zeal
Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563 - 1608) was a near contemporary of Saint Philip Neri, whom he resembles in some ways, and with whom the...
Saint Rita’s Mission Impossible
A fitting thought on this vigil day of Pentecost is that nothing is impossible with God. Did not Christ promise that He would grant...
Saint Philip Neri’s Joyful Heart
We celebrate today one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic – the two are not unrelated - of saints, Philip Neri, (+1595), the founder...
The Suffering Secretary of the Divine Mercy
October 5th is the feast day of St Faustina Kowalska. This humble Polish nun was appointed by Jesus to be the Secretary of His...
Catherine’s Pure Philosophy
In one of those ironies of God's history - choosing what seems weak to confound the apparently strong - the patron saint of philosophers...
Romuald’s Erimetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by...
