Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine, Foundress of Canada
We have celebrated a number of 'Catherines' of late in our liturgical calendar, two of them Canadian: Kateri Tekakwitha on April 17th, the native...
Pope Benedict, Saint John Eudes and the Formation of Priests
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
(Video)
Saint John Eudes and the formation of the diocesan clergy
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today is the liturgical Memorial of St...
Saint Thomas and the Unborn
Today's feast of the great priest and doctor of the Church, Saint Thomas Aquinas, is also the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1988 striking...
Twenty-Sixth Sunday: Lazarus and Helping the Poor
As for you, man of God; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness (1 Tim. 6:11).
The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is...
Saint Luke: Passionate Narrator of God’s Infinite Mercy
Today, Monday October 18, 2021, is the feast day of St Luke, the Evangelist and the author of the Book of Acts.
It is interesting...
The Great Dominican Dream
August 8th is the feast of St Dominic Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order. This year St Dominic’s feast is special because we are...
Saint Hyacinth and His Perogies
Saint Hyacinth (1185 - 1257) was one of the earliest members of the Dominicans – the Order of Preachers - clothed in the habit...
Saint Andrew Kim-Taegon and the Martyrs of Korea
Today is the feast of the countless martyrs of Korea, led by the indomitable convert priest, Father Andrew Kim Taegon, who was eventually tortured...
Saint Louis de Montfort’s Devotion and Consecration
We recently celebrated the feast day of one of the most devout and followers of the Virgin Mary ever in the history of Mariology,...
Edmund Campion’s English Optimism
Today, behind the first Sunday of Advent, we celebrate Saint Edmund Campion – see Avellina Ballestri’s fine recounting of his glorious life from the...
