Of all the theologians I have become acquainted with over the last twenty years, Saint John Henry Newman has surprised me the most. I...

The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary has a history that reads like a tale from the Lord of the Rings. Originally known as the feast of...

Over the course of the centuries, one can see how God raises up saints as beacons of hope in a world that all too often loses sight of...

What if some of what you thought you knew about Saint Francis of Assisi was false? This may not be true for some, but it is possible that...

Did you know that there are always twice as many people in a room as the number you can see? The continuous teaching of the Church...

Do you need to be familiar with Scripture or even to read it regularly? Saint Jerome would likely say “yes.” Not due to a Sola Scriptura...

While angels in general are mentioned frequently in the Bible, there are only three holy angels mentioned by name in the canon of Sacred...

A wise man once said that the difference between a sinner and saint is that the saint knows he’s a sinner. This is what strikes me when I...

A common trait in the lives of the saints is that of suffering. In the mystery of God, part of the purification process on the road to...

A Jewish tax collector was often hated and rejected by his fellow countryman at the time of Jesus. Why? For starters, they worked for the...

September 20 is the feast day for the 103 martyrs of Korea during the persecution which lasted from around 1839 to 1867. Christianity...

The story of Pope St. Cornelius and of St. Cyprian of Carthage is a story about persecution, courage, and truth. For me, though, it’s...

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15, the day after the feast of the Holy Cross to show the...

Imagine for a moment the kids and teens of your parish learning about the Catholic faith: the Trinity and Incarnation, the saving work of...

September 13th is the Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom (A.D. 347-407). He was born in Antioch and his rhetorical mastery earned him the...

Peter Claver was born into a devoutly Catholic family in the Spanish town of Verdu. From a young age, he showed a deep interest in...

On September 8 the Catholic Church celebrates the birth or nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nine months after the December 8...

On Tuesday, February 25, 1986 a 4.7 scale earthquake shook the Western seaboard of Nicaragua which resulted in the immediate destruction...

To my mind, if ever there were a saint for the modern youth, it’s today’s saint: St. Augustine. Born in 354 in North Africa, his mother,...

The life of St. King Louis IX of France was not remotely an easy one, but of his story it can be said that behind every great man is a...