A Pilgrim's Journey

St. Barnabas was not numbered amongst the original apostles, but he has been given the title from the earliest years of the Church because o...

In working over the years with potential converts to the Catholic faith, I've lost count of how many times someone has told me, “I just ...

St. Columba, or Columkill, apostle of the Picts, was of Irish descent and was brought up in the company of many saints at the school of St. ...

St. Ephrem was born sometime around the year 306 in Nibisis, a Syrian town located in modern-day Turkey, during the time when the Church wa...

Everything about the Solemnity of Corpus Christi draws our attention to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This is the day when the Church ...

St. Norbert was born about the year 1080 and his early life was one of ease and selfishness. It was an easy move for him to enter into the ...

Named Winfrith by his well-to-do English parents, Boniface was born near Exeter, Devon. As a boy, he studied in Benedictine monastery school...

Almighty God, majestic King, with joyful hearts thy people sing: Alleluia, alleluia. For all good gifts we offer praise, and ask thy blessin...

Charles was one of twenty-two Ugandan martyrs who had converted from paganism to the Catholic faith. He was baptized in November 1885, a ye...

To thee, O gracious Father, we lift our loving hearts; to us the Bread of Heaven eternal life imparts. We thank thee for thy favour that mar...

St. Marcellinus and St. Peter the Exorcist were martyred during the Diocletian persecution in about the year 304. The early church held the...

St. Justin was an apologist and one of the most important Christian writers of the second century. He was a Greek born in Palestine. From t...

Even the most brilliant theologian would have to say that the doctrine of the Holy Trinity cannot truly and completely be understood. Howeve...

WE beseech thee, O Lord, graciously pour the Holy Spirit into our hearts: by whose wisdom we were created, and by whose providence we are g...

The Incarnation means that God has entered into our human condition. He has come into our lives, into our situations, into our confusion, in...