Some people are Christians under pretty good circumstances. And then there are those like Kateri Tekakwitha, whose feast we celebrate on July 14.
She is called the “Lily of the Mohawks” and the “Genevieve of New France”: St. Kateri Tekakwitha (feast day: July 14 in the U.S., April 17 in Canada), the first Native American to be canonized.
More than just a retreat or conference, the National Eucharistic Congress, July 17-21 in Indianapolis, Indiana, will be a pivotal moment in both American history and the legacy of the Catholic Church. And the Marian Fathers will be there!
The Marian Family celebrates the Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Virtues on July 10, a feast inherited from St. Joan of France. Let us ask Our Lady, says Chris Sparks, to train us to be virtuous like her, immaculate like her, and therefore have the world-changing power of her goodness, holiness, and intercession.
"One day, in the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, the 'unthinkable' happened," Br. Josh, MIC, relates. "A Marian leader announced that we would sing the hymn, 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God.'”
On July 4, remember that the Patroness of the United States is mother for all of us: those on the left or the right, Democrat or Republican, whatever our ethnicity, race, or even creed. Our Lady is the New Eve, Mother of the New Adam, and the Refuge of Sinners; she has been given the whole human race by God.
Licheń is the second most frequently visited Marian shrine in Poland, after Czestochowa. The shrine, run by the Marian Fathers and opened in 2004, is the largest in Poland. July 2 is the Feast of Our Lady of Licheń.
In St. Junípero Serra (feast day: July 1), we find a true “mercy priest.” He forsook everything in his life, including physical health and comforts, to give his life as a missionary for others.
The statue of the Divino Niño in Hanceville, Alabama.
Jesus is waiting for you, at every Mass. He wants you here. He’s opening His Heart. He’s saying, “I thirst for you.” Pope Francis talks about the “merciful gaze” of Jesus. He knows you, and sees you.
By Fr. Andy Davy, MIC
Two converts, two Christians, two apostles, bishops, priests - two fathers of our faith, whom we celebrate on June 29.
Venerable Pope Pius XII called St. Andrew Bobola, patron of Poland, "the greatest martyr." Brother Josh, MIC, learns why.
He may not have been born in Canada, but he was exiled and died there, and a national shrine of Canadian martyrs is named for him. He is Blessed Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky (feast day: June 27), a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop martyred for the faith after the Soviet Union’s takeover of Ukraine during World War II.
