Saint Dominic’s Battle for Truth
Saint Dominic (+1221) was one of those souls destined from birth to do great things - as, we may suppose, all saints are in...
Bernardine, Usury and the Holy Name
Saint Bernardine of Siena (+1444) lived through a tumultuous time in the Church's history (but, then, what time is not?). The Great Western Schism...
Steadfast Saint John of Brito
Saint John of Brito (1647 - 1693) was a Jesuit martyr in India, called the ‘Portuguese Francis Xavier’, as well as second Saint John...
Pope Damasus: The Faith, the Bible and the Mass of All Time
We owe quite a lot to Pope Saint Damasus (305 - 384), who oversaw the universal Church during the tumultuous era of the lingering...
Vincent the Deacon’s Silent Ordeal
Saint Vincent the Deacon (+304), who suffered grievous tortures witnessing to his Catholic faith under the Diocletian persecution (as did yesterday's Saint Agnes) is...
Blessed Maria Maddalena Martinengo, a Great Imitator of the Humble and Poor Christ
On July 27th the Church celebrates the feast of Blessed Maria Maddalena Martinengo. The Northern Italian Capuchin nun teaches us how to love Christ...
The Passion of Saint Paul of the Cross
There are two options today for saints - the first are the 'North American Martyrs', also called the Canadian Martyrs, but who most accurately...
Saint Gregory Narek, Mystic, Monk and Doctor
The Armenian monk Gregory Narek (Grigor Narekatsi), whose life spanned the border between the 10th and 11th centuries (ca. 950 - 1003), was enrolled...
The Mysticism of Gregory of Nyssa
The memorial of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, even if not in the universal calendar, is on this January 10th. Gregory is one of the...
A Minimal Friar and A Maximal Pope
This April the second marks the memorial of Saint Francis of Paola (+1507), founder of the 'Minim' friars, so called for their humility and...