Some of my earliest memories are of my mother: singing my younger brother and I to sleep, teaching me my prayers. Along with my brother,...

As Catholic Christians, we continue to enter more deeply into the Christmas season. The Feast of the Holy Family is part of the Christmas...

The Church herself is a sojourner in a foreign world.  In no story is this more apparent than in that of Saint Thomas Becket.  Heads of...

In the midst of the joyful celebrations of Christmas, the Church annually inserts the Feast of the Holy Innocents on December 28. This...

Christians have been celebrating the feast of St. John the Evangelist on December 27th at least as far back as the 400s. According to St....

Secular culture began its variation of Christmas around the day following Thanksgiving and now sees Christmas as over. Trees are being...

Certainly, there are many, far more qualified than I am, who have attempted to answer this question: “What is the meaning of the child in...

Do you think things are bad today in the Church? Wait until you hear about the life of St. Peter Canisius. Born in 1521 in Holland, Peter...

On December 17th the Church begins the “O Antiphons.” In terms of Advent preparation, it means that Christmas is near. The O Antiphons...

The way is not easy, but the rewards are eternal.

The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe recalls the Blessed Mother’s appearances to Juan Diego nearly five centuries ago in the year 1531. The...

Today we look at the life of Saint Juan Diego, the one to whom Mary appeared as Our Lady of Guadalupe in the year 1531. Reflecting on the...

What difference does any of this make? Many if not most Christians make the mistake about today’s feast that it celebrates the conception...

St. Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: I first became aware of St. Ambrose, as many students do, as I studied the life of...

Today is the feast of St. Nicholas. Though I had heard of this saint a number of times as a child, most of what I had heard was in...

The winter holiday season is upon us, and Christian homes are engaging in the various traditions to recall, through word and action, the...

Pop Quiz! Who was the first Apostle to meet Jesus and follow him? The answer is the saint for today, St. Andrew the Apostle. Not a lot is...

Here at the Evangelium Institute, the instructors would like to share with you our favorite saint quotes and we hope you will share with...

The feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal recalls the 1830 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Every year, on the last Sunday of the liturgical year, which is one week before the first Sunday of Advent, the Church celebrates the...