Saint Joseph: Foster Father, Virginal Father, Real Father?
As I do more reading into what various theologians and josephologists have written about the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, I notice that there is...
Pope Benedict and Saint John Damascene
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
John Damascene
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I should like to speak about John Damascene, a personage of prime...
Novena to the Canadian Martyrs
Here in Canada, we celebrate the feast of the Canadian Martyrs on September 26th, so the novena to them begins today. Our Dominion could...
Blessed Émilie Tavernier Â
For an official biography of today's home-grown Canadian saint, the youngest of fifteen children - yes, large families are quite conducive to holiness, if...
Saint Thomas and the Unborn
Today's feast of the great priest and doctor of the Church, Saint Thomas Aquinas, is also the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1988 striking...
The Ten Blessings of the Immaculate Conception
If a blessing is God’s favour and protection, can there be an eminent example of such than the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of...
Saint Dominic Savio, A Model for Youth
May 6th is the traditional feast of St Dominic Savio, the holy teenager who embraced the spirituality of St John Bosco and the Salesian...
Guadalupe’s Timeless Message
This year, the third Sunday of Advent was also the great feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This story is a very powerful reminder...
Saint Jan Sarkander, Martyr for Confession and the Faith
Jan Sarkander (1576 – 1620) was a Polish Catholic priest, tortured to death by Protestants over the course of a month at the beginning...
The Popes and the feast of Our Lady of Pompei
May 8th is the traditional feast day of Our Lady of Pompeii, which reminds us of the power of the Marian prayer of the...
