July 14 is the feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the Catholic Church’s first Native American saint. Dominican priest Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP, explained how this 17th-century saint led him to the priesthood. He explained how she was “orphaned at a young age, and under immense pressure to do otherwise,...
June 26 is the feast of St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, a Spanish priest and the founder of the Opus Dei. Through the mission of Opus Dei, St. Josemaría Escrivá taught that holiness consists in ordinary daily life. “Opus Dei stresses people’s responsibility to seek holiness and to lead...
Praise God! Knights of Columbus founder Fr. Michael McGivney is on his way to beatification! The news came this week after the Knights of Columbus announced that Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to the late founder’s intercession. The press release states that after a family invoked Fr. McGivney’...
May 15 is the feast of St. Dymphna. St. Dymphna is the patron saint of those suffering from mental, emotional, or nervous disorders. She is the perfect saint to turn to if you feel sad or distressed. St. Dymphna was the daughter of a pagan king in Ireland and a...
It is a long-standing Catholic tradition that the month of May be dedicated to honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. “For this is the month during which Christians, in their churches and their homes, offer the Virgin Mother more fervent and loving acts of homage and veneration; and it is the...
Ven. Mary of Agreda, also known as Sister Mary of Jesus, was a 17th-Century Mystic in Spain who received supernatural revelations from Our Lady about her holy life, which she wrote and compiled into a magnificent four-volume work titled The Mystical City of God. During this time of quarantine, one...
