The Seven Servite Saints of the Virgin Mary
The Seven Founders of the Servite Order commemorate the group of merchants who in 1233 left everything to follow Christ, with a special devotion...
The Salvific Message of Lourdes
Our Lady of Lourdes is one of the few visions of the Virgin Mary to be placed in the public Liturgical calendar of the...
The Last Visit of Scholastica and Benedict
Saint Scholastica (+543) was the sister - some sources say the twin - of Saint Benedict. Like her brother, she forsook everything to follow...
(In)Voluntary Euthanasia?
A woman in Canada was recently euthanized against her will, making a macabre mockery of the 'free choice' aspect of this evil. God rest...
The Formidable Forgiveness of Josephine Bakhita
On this day in 1947, February 8th, Sister Josephine Bakhita completed the long and eventful journey of her life. Born around 1869 - she...
The Joyful Japanese Martyrs of Nagasaki
Today is the feast of Saint Paul Miki and Companion martyrs, put to death by crucifixion and impaling on February 5, 1597 at Nagasaki,...
Saint Agatha, the Good and Noble Martyr
Saint Agatha (+251) is counted amongst the most venerated of the 'virgin martyrs', one of the seven women whose name appears in the Canon...
Saints Blaise and Ansgar
Saint Blaise, a bishop of ancient Sebastea (now in Turkey), was also a physician, like Saint Luke, a healer of body and soul. And,...
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...
The Charism of Saint John Bosco
The term 'charismatic' has an ambiguous meaning in the Church, invoking images of liturgical guitars, drums, emotional crescendos, and disconcerting glossolalia. In the Church's...
