The Suffering Secretary of the Divine Mercy
October 5th is the feast day of St Faustina Kowalska. This humble Polish nun was appointed by Jesus to be the Secretary of His...
The Protomartyrs of Rome
The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church - Tertullian (+240 A.D.)
The first, or proto-, martyrs of the Church of Rome commemorate...
The Stigmata of Saint Francis
On September 17th, the Franciscan Order celebrates the Feast when our Seraphic Father Francis received the Stigmata of the Crucified Christ.
The servant of God,...
Canterbury’s Augustine, Who Made Britain Catholic
There are two Saints Augustine - the bishop of Hippo, and author of the Confessions and numerous other theological masterpieces, and, today's saint, Augustine first...
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...
Simon, Jude and Desperate Causes
All of the Apostles have a feast day, and, on this day at the end of October - the same day that Emperor Constantine...
Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun
This 13th day of October marks the anniversary final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima in the fateful year of 1917, to the three...
Saint Francis Borgia – Second Founder of the Jesuits
Saint Francis Borgia (1510 - 1572) was a true renaissance man, who lived two lives in one - first, as a married layman, then...
Saint John Neumann, the Bishop Who Kept on Going
Today is the feast of Saint John Neumann - whom we should keep distinct from Saint John Henry Newman, the English Oratorian and fellow...
Joseph of Cupertino’s Defiance of Gravity
According to the laws of physics, a man should not be able to fly, at least without technological help. But are not the 'laws...