Saint Denis of Paris and Saint John Leonardi of Lucca

Besides the great John Henry Newman, we also commemorate two other saints on this day: Saint Denis, patron of Paris, was the city of lights'...

Newman the Kindly Prophet

Although he died on August 11th, in 1890, the Church commemorates Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman on October 9th, fo9lr it was on this...

The Holy Rosary, the Hope of Lepanto, of Europe, of the World…

Today we celebrate Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, a feast instituted by Pope Saint Pius V in commemoration of the great victory...

Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher: Forming the Next Generation

Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher (+1849) is commemorated today along with Saint Bruno, a Canadian sister, who, under the inspiration of Saint Eugene de Mazenod and...

Bruno’s Great Silence

On this crisp Fall day of October the 6th, we fittingly celebrate Saint Bruno (+1101), teacher, bishop, confidante of the Pope and, perhaps most...

Fortunate Faustina and the Divine Mercy

Today we celebrate one of the newest of saints in the liturgical calendar, placed therein only a few years ago, with October 5th, the...

Saint Francis: The Poor and Radical Man

There are as many ways to follow Christ as there are humans beings, even if many seem not to avail themselves of the grace...

Pope Benedict and Saint Francis, Il Poverello

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 27 January 2010 Saint Francis of Assisi Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a recent Catechesis, I illustrated the providential...

Angels Guardian

This memorial of the Guardian Angels goes back to the year 1500, the very dawn of the Protestant ‘Reformation’, seventeen years before Luther would pin...

Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

On the first day of October we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face,...