A Pilgrim's Journey

Brother André, whose baptismal name was Alfred, was born into a poor working family in 1845 in Canada, and both his parents had died by the ...

Many newspapers and magazines and television news programs use the first days of a new year to publish a recap of the previous year. At a g...

This American saint was born in Bohemia, which today is within the Czech Republic, in 1811. He completed his seminary formation, and was loo...

Pope St. Paul VI, when he preached at the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, spoke these words: "She is a saint!... Rejoice for y...

A worthy custom to be maintained is that of bowing one's head at the name of our Lord as a sign of respect at the sound of the Name of o...

Epiphany speaks of light. "Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you." It is about the c...

On the Octave Day of Christmas our thoughts go to the one whose “yes” allowed it all to happen. How well we know the story, which tells us o...

St. Sylvester was born in Rome and was ordained to the priesthood by Pope St. Marcellinus. This took place during a brief time of peace for ...

Into our human condition Christ came. Into our tragedies and our sicknesses and our confusions, into our every need, He came. He chose to be...

"When all things were in quiet silence and night was in the midst of her swift course, thine Almighty Word, O Lord, leaped down from he...

In the midst of celebrating the incarnation of holy innocence, our joy is tempered by the remembrance of the deaths of the Holy Innocents. A...

The cave of St. John on Patmos. Our spiritual journey continues during this Octave of Christmas, as we travel from the Feast of young St. St...

The Feast of the Holy Family gives honour to Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and it is an occasion when we remember the importance of every family. ...

God came when He was not expected. He was born where there was no room for Him. Before He was invited, He came in the most humble of ways. B...

Lest the fact of the Incarnation and the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ become something relegated to cards expressing the greetings of t...