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, […]
Today marks an important Marian feast arising from the devotional life of the Church and especially of the lay faithful, the feast of Our Lady of Loreto. Traditional accounts report that, on December 10, 1394, […]
Nearly sixty years ago, on September 4, 1967, a US military chaplain fell in the fields of Vietnam, killed while attempting to comfort and administer last rites to the wounded and dying. Fr. Vincent Capodanno, […]
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. Regardless of one’s opinion of the Council itself, it is undeniable that its aftermath saw a severe decline in the devotional […]
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