The Servite Saints of the Virgin Mary
The Seven Founders of the Servite Order commemorate the group of cloth merchants who in 1233 left everything to follow Christ, with a special...
The Radical Prodigal, Saint John of God
Saints are by definition ‘extreme’, for they live a liminal life, seeing past the veil of this world, and act as though all that...
Homily of Pope Benedict on Saint Joseph
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY
OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI
TO CAMEROON AND ANGOLA
(MARCH 17-23, 2009)
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION
ON THE OCCASION OF THE PUBLICATION
OF THE INSTRUMENTUM LABORIS
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT...
Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis
There is a trio of Canadian Saints in this week: Saint Marie of the Incarnation, on the last day of April; Saint Francois de...
Philip and James: Apostles in Arms
Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this third day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. They were...
Saint Joseph, the Model for Every Worker
On this Saturday, the First of May 2021, we celebrate the feast of St Joseph the Worker. This feast has a recent history.
In fact,...
Work Made Light in Saint Joseph
In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars, and the subsequent instantiation of what is called 'real...
Saints Peter Chanel and Louis Grignon de Montfort
On this joyful Eastertide day, we celebrate a double memorial: Saint Peter Chanel (+1841) who evangelized the island of Futuna in the South Pacific...
Saint François de Laval and the Conversion of Canada
'Tis difficult to believe that Quebec was once a a bastion of the Faith, incarnating in an almost unique way the harmony between Church...
Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine, Foundress of Canada
We have celebrated a number of 'Catherines' of late in our liturgical calendar, two of them Canadian: Kateri Tekakwitha on April 17th, the native...