A Pilgrim's Journey

The Shrine of St. Ignatius at the Church of the Gesu in Rome. St. Ignatius of Loyola was born at Loyola in the mountains of northern Spain i...

In the fifth century it was Ravenna, and not Rome, which was the capital of the Roman Empire in the West, and Ravenna itself became a major...

In a decree issued in 2021 by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, the liturgical calendar was changed to reflect the c...

  Jesus said to the crowds, “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy h...

According to tradition, St. Joachim and St. Anne have come to us as being the names of the parents of Mary, the Mother of God. They are not...

St. James the Greater (meaning the Elder) and his brother John were partners in the fishing business with two other brothers, Peter and And...

I would be remiss if I didn't remember St. Christopher on this, the 25th of July. He is my primary patron, and he is linked with St. Ge...

During His earthly ministry, our Lord spoke of the “Kingdom,” and it was this kingdom that He announced and established and spread. There ...

St. Sharbel Makhluf is a Maronite saint, a member of the ancient Eastern Catholic Church of Antioch. It was in Antioch that Christ's fo...

On July 23rd the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic who received visions of Christ’s suffering many times t...

Mystery surrounds St. Mary Magdalene. Was she one and the same as Mary of Bethany? Had she been an immoral woman in her past life, or simpl...

Our Lord Jesus Christ said, "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my...

Born on 22 July 1559, and dying on 22 July 1619, St. Lawrence of Brindisi lived exactly sixty years. In that time he became a brilliant sch...

Over the years I have collected a number of icons, and among them are some which depict particularly interesting saints. The one pictured he...

St. Apollinaris was one of the great martyrs in the early years of the Church. He was made Bishop of Ravenna by St. Peter. The miracles he c...