A Pilgrim's Journey

St. John Bosco was born near Turin, Italy, in 1815. His father died when John was only two years old, but his mother made sure he received a...

Septuagesima Sunday is the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesday. The term is sometimes applied also to th...

St. Angela Merici was born in 1474 in Verona (in what is now Italy), and she founded the first teaching congregation of women in the Church,...

St. Paul had many colleagues and helpers who took part in his missionary journeys, and into whose charge he often entrusted some of the youn...

"Father Paul of Graymoor" Painted by Tony Pro Many people are not aware of the connection between a priest now in the process of c...

St. Paul was a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, and was born in Tarsus, the capitol of Cilicia. Although he was a Roman citizen, he was brought...

St. Francis de Sales was known as the “gentleman saint” because of his gracious and gentle nature. In fact, it was he who said, “A spoonful ...

From The Church's Year of Grace, by Pius Parsch: St. Vincent of Saragossa was one of the Church's three most illustrious deacons, th...

O God our Creator, we give thanks to thee, who alone hast the power to impart the breath of life as thou dost form each of us in our mother’...

From January 18 through January 25, Christians throughout the world will be keeping the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The official mat...

Thirty-six years ago this week my family and I were on a journey unlike any we had ever been on before. It was on January 17th that we arriv...

In the early days and years of the Church, it was constantly persecuted by outside forces – sometimes by groups of Jews, frequently by the c...

When Jesus taught He spoke with authority. In fact, it was one of the things people commented upon when they heard Him. He didn’t support hi...

I love telling the stories of the saints. Having Mass every day as we do at the school, it means our children get to know authentic heroes, ...

The sinless Son of God, who has no need to be baptized, submits to a sinner’s baptism. The Light of God, in whom is no darkness at all, goes...