The Simple, Humble and Heroic Witness of St Felice da Nicosia
It is commonly acknowledged that the first Capuchin saint, Felice da Cantalice, gave a powerful dose of humility, poverty and joy to Capuchin holiness....
Finding Sanctity in a Controversial Papacy: Paul VI
I realized this morning during the sermon at Mass that this is the optional memorial of Pope Saint Paul VI, celebrated on the day...
Franciscan Tertiary Blessed Franz Jägerstätter: the Prophet of Nonviolence, and Noncompliance
Saturday, May 21st, is the feast day of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter - the anniversary of his baptism - and it would benefit us to...
Eugène de Mazenod’s Oblation
Fittingly, in this month of Mary, we celebrate on this May 21st Saint Eugène de Mazenod (+1861), the 19th century founder of the Missionaries...
Father Magallanes’ Mexican Martyrdom
The twentieth century saw the rise of various vicious anti-Catholic regimes, totalitarian and ruthless in their demonic fury to stamp out the Church. Ecrasez...
Matthias’ Greatness Given
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them
So wrote the Bard in his 1602 play the Twelfth Night, and...
St Leopold Mandić: The Great Little Man and Apostle of Confession
It was on this day, Mary 12th 1866, at Herzegovina, close to the Kotor Gulf, in Herceg Novi, or Castelnuovo in Dalmatia on the...
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...
Saint Louis de Montfort’s Devotion and Consecration
We recently celebrated the feast day of one of the most devout and followers of the Virgin Mary ever in the history of Mariology,...
The Outstanding Testimony of St Fidelis von Sigmaringen
On Sunday 24 April 2022 while we were celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday on that day fell the feast of the brave Capuchin saint St...