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Hallowing Halloween
How can we celebrate Halloween in an authentically Catholic way? If you are alive you have probably heard Halloween, if it is Catholic at...

Evan Collins
Oct 31, 202413 min read


St. John of Capistrano: Hope of the Transfiguration
Jesus wanted to strengthen His Apostles. He had just told them that His Church would prevail, but that He would first suffer and die. ...

Andrew Logan
Oct 23, 20245 min read


Pope St. John Paul II: A Catechist With God For Man
Pope St. John Paul II, whose birth name is Karol Wojtyla, was the reigning pontiff of the Catholic Church from October 1978 to April...

Evan Collins
Oct 22, 20245 min read


St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and the First Friday Devotion
I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to resist picking up prayer cards or little devotional booklets when I see them in the Church...

Andrew Logan
Oct 16, 20245 min read


The Good “King” Wenceslaus
Sadly, the classic Christmas carol, “Good King Wenceslaus” is going out of fashion. Once thanksgiving passes and Christmas dominates the...

Evan Collins
Sep 27, 20247 min read


Saints Cosmas & Damian: Martyrs in the Roman Canon
As we head into fall weather, I am reminded of all of the family get togethers that have taken place during this time of year. If your...

Andrew Logan
Sep 26, 20243 min read


Padre Pio: A Sign of Contradiction for the Modern World
Few saints enjoy the popularity of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, known by most as Padre Pio. The only saintly rivals he has in statuary and...

Evan Collins
Sep 23, 20247 min read


St. Januarius: The Blood Miracle
While today, in the coastal town of Naples, Italy, businesses and schools have shut their doors for a public holiday, the city is...

Andrew Logan
Sep 19, 20245 min read


St. Robert Bellarmine: Truth With Charity
A brilliant man and defender of the faith, St. Robert Bellarmine was also a model of Christian charity.

Omar Gutierrez
Sep 17, 20244 min read


The Cross, a Sign of Contradiction
Today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, with it we commemorate Christ Crucified.

Omar Gutierrez
Sep 14, 20245 min read


The Passion of St. John the Baptist: Reckless or Charitable?
When confronted with the adulterous relationship of Herod Antipas and Herodias, St. John the Baptist fearlessly and clearly stated, “It...

Andrew Logan
Aug 29, 20244 min read


St. Bernard of Clairvaux: The Gallic Bee and His Honey
Venerable Pope Pius XII called St. Bernard of Clairvaux, “the last of the Fathers,” and so he is regarded by most as marking in his...

Evan Collins
Aug 20, 20245 min read


St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross: The Power of a Witness
In today’s Gospel, Jesus says to his disciples, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow...

Andrew Logan
Aug 8, 20244 min read


The 𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑍𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑠 and the Prince of Moral Theologians
St. Alphonsus Liguori has a pedigree that is hard to beat. Unlike many patron saints whose patronage can seem like a stretch (there are...

Evan Collins
Aug 1, 20248 min read


The National Eucharistic Congress Changed Everything, Even Me
What happens when you decide to bring tens of thousands of Catholics together to celebrate the Eucharist? Quite a lot. For those readers...

Omar Gutierrez
Aug 1, 202410 min read


St. Peter Chrysologus and His Sermon on Anxiety
St. Peter Chrysologus is one of the 37 declared Doctors of the Church. In this context, a doctor simply means teacher of our faith and to...

Evan Collins
Jul 31, 20246 min read


The Hidden Apostolic Family
In 2021 Pope Francis transformed the then memorial of St. Martha into the obligatory memorial of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. This was...

Evan Collins
Jul 29, 20246 min read


St. James the Greater: His way or Christ's way?
Most of us are familiar with the song “My Way” popularized by Frank Sinatra. In it, Sinatra croons again and again that he has lived his...

Andrew Logan
Jul 25, 20243 min read


The Unremarkable Saint Who Does Remarkable Things
The Sacred Scriptures are full of stories of amazing things, some of which we tend to dismiss as probable embellishments of ancient...

Omar Gutierrez
Jul 24, 20244 min read


Mary Magdalene: Our Model Apostle
Mary Magdalene is known as the apostolorum apostola (the apostle of the apostles). In 2016, to emphasize her significance, the Church...

Evan Collins
Jul 22, 20244 min read
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