Casting Stones with a Log in the Eye
Conservative commentator and writer George Weigel in a recent column makes some rather damning â and I use that term advisedly â accusations against...
Anthony Mary Claret, On Fire for God
Anthony Mary Claret died on this day, October 24th, 1870, after a long, full and adventurous life, demonstrating how much one man can do...
The Fightin’ Friar of Capistrano
John of Capistrano (+1456), whom we celebrate on this 24th of October, lived a life very much in the âworldâ at first, studying law,...
The Late, Great Saint John Paul II
Today marks the memorial of Pope Saint John Paul II, who was beatified on May 1st, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI, and canonized three...
Luke, Evangelist, Physician, Artist
A blessed would-be feast of Saint Luke (+84) to all our readers, which we may still recall on this Sunday. He was one of...
Lindsay Clancy and the Children
Iâve hesitated to write about the Lindsay Clancy case, for the whole tragedy is quite literally âobsceneâ, which is to say, too gruesome to...
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, God’s Ground Wheat
Saint Ignatius of Antioch (+107) joyfully âwent to the lionsâ, as the saying goes, meeting his martyrdom in the arena of the Coliseum in...
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 DâYouville (+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....
