On June 19th, the Church celebrates the founder of a religious community that may not be very well known in the United States. St Romuald (c. 951–June 19, 1027) was the founder of the Camaldolese. […]
Today, the Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The feasts, solemnities, and memorials of the Church year are not holidays the way the secular world understands the term—they are holy days, and they are […]
Outside of his native country of Malta, St George Preca (1880-1962) is primarily known (if he is known at all) as the originator of what we now call the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary. Yet […]
April 24th is the feast day of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577-1622), priest and martyr. St. Fidelis was baptized Markus Rey, born at a time when the Protestant Reformation in Europe was little over fifty […]
The Roman Martyrology, on April 14th, gives us a feast of an unusual saint, St. Liduina of Schiedam. Schiedam is a small town in the Dutch province of South Holland, not far from the city […]
This year marks 29 years that I’ve been a Catholic. In fact, today marks the anniversary of my reception into the Church. Sort of. Let me explain. As readers probably know, many people become Catholic […]
Among the other saints and blesseds given for March 7th in the Matyrologium Romanum, one finds the following brief entry: At Florence in Tuscany, the commemoration of Saint Teresa Margaret Redi, virgin, who, having entered […]
February 27th is the feast day of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. The Passionist saint was born in Assisi, Italy, on March 1, 1838, and baptized Francesco Possenti on the same day, not […]
On February 4, the Discalced Carmelites and the dioceses of Avignon and Rodez, France, observe the feast of a relatively new Blessed of the Church, Fr. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, OCD. The future Blessed […]
In addition to its religious significance as the octave of Christmas and Solemnity of the Mother of God, New Year’s Day has become a time for self-reflection and self-improvement. It’s a time to begin again, […]
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