Articles by Dawn Beutner

There are four great stars in the heavenly constellation of saints from seventeenth-century France. Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was a highly respected bishop, writer, and spiritual director. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1571-1641) was […]

She never held a job in her life. She never went to college, and of her three children, only one survived her. She founded a religious community, but only joined it after her husband died. […]

Every martyr’s death is different. When Bishop John Fisher of Rochester was brought to Tower Hill to be executed for treason against King Henry VIII, he was so sick that he had to be carried […]

In 1298, Pope Boniface VIII decided to name four saints as Doctors of the Church to recognize their excellence as teachers of the Catholic faith and to honor the enduring impact of their thought on […]

“But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?” Saint Paul was speaking of the salvation […]

Not all Marian apparitions are created equal. The worldwide impact of the Blessed Mother’s appearances on Tepeyac Hill and at Cova da Iria far overshadow almost all other approved Marian apparitions. Granted, no one in […]

Sometimes it can take decades or even centuries for the Catholic Church to acknowledge that a holy man or woman should be considered a saint. While Pope Saint John Paul II made the promotion of […]

The easy answer is no, Ellen is not a saint. Ellen Organ, also known as Little Nellie of Holy God, has not been canonized by the Catholic Church. It does not appear that her canonization […]