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.
The feast of Our Lady of Licheń is celebrated on July 2. Licheń is the second most frequently visited Marian shrine in Poland, after Czestochowa. The basilica and shrine, run by the Marian Fathers and opened in 2004, is the largest in Poland.
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.
Two converts, two Christians, two apostles, bishops, priests - two fathers of our faith, patrons of the Marian Congregation, whom we celebrate on June 29.
There's hope in the Heart of the Mother of God, in the Eternal Light dwelling there, in the Spirit who burns within her, and she is not consumed. We honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary on June 28.
On June 27, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Devotion to the Sacred Heart emphasizes the vastness of God’s concern and love for struggling humanity. It serves as a reminder to the sinful and hurting people to trust in His Heart, which so tenderly loves each of us.
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (feast day: June 21) is the patron saint of youth. For most of his brief life, this son of a warrior was fighting a very different battle with an absolute determination to win: a war against against sin. As the Church attests, he won.
Of the hundreds of Catholic martyrs in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland during the Protestant Reformation, only a handful were women. One of these is Blessed Margaret Ball (1515-1584), one of Ireland’s patronesses, whose feast day is June 20.
In this weekly web series, Dr. Robert Stackpole leads us step-by-step through the life and historical evidence of the Founder of Christianity, from Bethlehem to Galilee to Jerusalem. Part 29: Easter Wishful Thinking and Hallucinations?
After St. Joseph (and perhaps St. Jude), could there be a more beloved and invoked saint than St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast we celebrate on June 13? Called upon as the reliable founder of lost articles, St. Anthony’s life and legacy are far greater than this role for which he is well known and revered.
It is said that there were more martyrs in the 20th century than in all centuries of Christian history combined. Here are two of them, on their feast day, June 12, both Marian priests.
By Kimberly Bruce
One of the most famous religious persons to grace the media airways of the 20th century with the Gospel was Holy Cross Father, Ven. Patrick Peyton (1909-1992).
Known as the “Rosary Priest,” Fr. Peyton and his associates penned the well-known mottos “The family that prays together stays together” and “A world at prayer is a world at peace.”
His service to the Church and his dedication to evangelism through the Rosary resulted in his declaration as a “Servant of God” and, more recently, as “Venerable” by Pope Francis in 2017.
