A Pilgrim's Journey

St. Casimir known to the people of Poland as "The Peace-maker," was the third of the thirteen children of Casimir IV, King of Pola...

At that time: the disciples of John came to Jesus, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" An...

Katharine Drexel was born in Philadelphia in 1858, into a very wealthy and prominent family, which meant that she had an excellent education...

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, "The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and...

In days gone by, the Pope, as the Bishop of Rome, would walk barefoot to St. Sabina's Church on the Aventine hill, built on the site of ...

Happy St. David’s Day, as the title of this post says. My Welsh ancestors would want me to make mention of our great patron for his feast da...

As Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal ...

[Jesus said to his disciples,] “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own f...

And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, an...

1. Holy Joseph, Intercessor, Unto thee God's children sing; Be our Patron and Protector, To God's throne our praises bring. 2. Faith...

Imagine being able to sit at the feet of the apostles and hear stories of life with Jesus from their own lips. That was what Polycarp was ab...

And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd about them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when t...

Peter was orphaned when he was very young child, and had the misfortune of being taken in by one of his older brothers who was very cruel to...

At that time: when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?...

[Jesus] called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and tak...