Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn October is full of some powerhouse saints. Can you guess these saints? Tip: All of the answers are listed as “St.”, not “Saint.” You’ll get the answer wrong if you type out the word saint so be sure to abbreviate it for the sake of winning this fun game. Challenge […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn The drama of this saint’s story arrives to U.S. cinemas September 28 and 29. Every live theater lover longs for a remarkable and spellbinding connection during the show. Bernadette of Lourdes: The Musical offers exactly that—a spectacular work for both the faithful and the secular, carrying the audience into the […]

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn It can be easy to see some pious images of saints and think that you have nothing in common. The truth is though, that the saints were people just like us–with a variety of talents, flaws, and interests. If you have a daughter or girl in your life, you may […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “Find God and you will find the meaning of your life.” St. Carlo Acutis

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Venerable Fr. Patrick Peyton reached literally millions of souls across the globe. Before he set the world ablaze with the fire of God’s love through the Rosary, he was born the sixth of nine children in County Mayo, Ireland, on January 9, 1909.  Nicknamed “the Rosary priest,” he promised Our […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “What does it mean if you can win a thousand battles if you cannot win against your own corrupt passions? It doesn’t matter. The battle is with ourselves.” St. Carlo Acutis

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Indulgences have been available in the Catholic Church throughout it’s history. Originally, a person who attained one brought about a partial remission of the temporal or worldly consequences that sin inflicts upon our lives. Receiving absolution and forgiveness during the Sacrament of Reconciliation, unfortunately, does not heal the wounds caused […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Some saints were famed in their day; others lived humble lives of duty.  When St. Claude La Colombière died, all the chronicler wrote of him was that “there was nothing worth noting to be recorded.”  Yet the holiness of his private writings, and the guidance he gave a chosen soul, […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, 1696-1787, born into wealth and influence, was initially trained as an attorney. Suddenly realizing that his interest in legal victories was greater than his interest in obtaining justice, he renounced his legal career. He pledged to the Blessed Virgin Mary a more faithful Christian life, […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn St. Frances of Rome (1384-1440) is a remarkable and radiant figure among the pantheon of Catholic saints, who has inspired particular love and veneration since her own times until the present age. A mystic, visionary, and industrious helper of the poor and afflicted, she combined the vocations of a faithful […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “My dear brothers and sisters, not only is prayer very powerful; even more, it’s of the utmost necessity for overcoming the enemies of our salvation. Look at all the saints: They weren’t content with watching and fighting to overcome the enemies of their salvation and with keeping well away from […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “Put your heart at His feet. It is the gift He loves most.” — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “Always give good heed to the Word of God, whether you hear or read it in private, or hearken to it when publicly preached: listen with attention and reverence; seek to profit by it, and do not let the precious words fall unheeded; receive them into your heart as a […]

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn St. Simon Stock is a “hallowed” figure in Catholic tradition, best known for his great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and his association with the Brown Scapular—a symbol of Marian protection and Carmelite spirituality. Born in the twelfth century in England, Simon set off to live as a hermit […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn When people talk about Blessed Carlo Acutis today, it’s often with headlines about sneakers and memes about a modern saint who played video games and built websites. But those who truly knew him, like his mother, his teacher, and even his doctor, remember something deeper. In the documentary The Boy […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” – Luke 9:23-24 Stories are often told about the […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Are you looking for ways to awaken your ten-year-old’s faith? Or are you trying to help your 16-year-old granddaughter discern God’s will? Below you’ll find a letter addressed to young people that explores the life of St. Dominic Savio, who died when he was 15, and who has been canonized […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.” –St. Basil the Great

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Do you ever wonder why your children behave differently than you did as a child? Is one of your children well-behaved while another seems extremely difficult? A study of temperaments can help us parent more effectively, especially if we look to the examples of the Saints. God gave each human […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: the merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you can offer no word, then pray – that too is mercy; and thirdly, deeds of mercy. And when the Last Day comes, we shall be judged from this, […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Saint Teresa of Calcutta was known for spending countless hours attending to the dying, the sick, and the poor. This flowed from her rich prayer life: Daily Mass and a daily holy hour. Where did Mother Teresa learn to sacrifice herself for others? Her first teacher in virtue was none […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “And, therefore, when the heart is thus lifted up above the world, the world cannot touch it or lay hold of it, nor even see it. The soul then, thus disguised and clad in the vesture of hope, is secure from its second foe, the world, for St. Paul calls […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Jesus is as a fire in the very center of our souls ever burning. Yet, we are cold because we do not stay by it. ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON