A Pilgrim's Journey

The Blessed Mother's title of Our Lady of the Atonement, commemorated each year on July 9th, embraces two mysteries of our faith: first,...

The Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. ...

Anthony Mary Zaccaria was born of a noble family at Cremona in Lombardy, and even in childhood gave signs of his future sanctity. Very earl...

Born in 1271, Elizabeth (or Isabel) was married to King Diniz of Portugal. Like her great-aunt St. Elizabeth of Hungary, for whom she was n...

Like many Americans, I have wonderful memories of family picnics on the Fourth of July. When grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and var...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ri...

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” And he could d...

Although there is little recorded about the life of St. Thomas, what we do know of him indicates that he was a courageous apostle, willing ...

As America was being formed through its revolution in the east, another part of the future United States was being born in the west. Missio...

These are the holy men and women who are called the "Protomartyrs of Rome." Some of them were accused of setting Rome on fire by ...

On June 29th the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Ss. Peter & Paul.  As early as the year 258 there is evidence of an already lengthy ...

Following upon the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is the commemoration of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It was first in her hea...

When there was no such concept as time, before creation, God existed as the Holy Trinity in fellowship with Himself, and His love existed wi...

St. John the Baptist was a contemporary of our Lord who was known for preparing the way for Jesus Christ, and for baptizing Him. John was b...

Hilda of Whitby (c. 614 – 680) was the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the meeting-place for the Synod of Wh...