“Praying and sacrificing so much without fruit is discouraging," Br. Josh, MIC, complains to God. Then God gives him the answer.
The six Mexican Martyrs (feast day, May 21), canonized by Pope St. John Paul II on this day in 2000, were all priests and members of the Knights of Columbus, killed during the persecution of the faithful in the Mexican Cristero War in the 1920’s.
Mary is the Mother of the Church, of all the members of the Body of Christ — and she is mighty to help us. We honor her on the Monday after Pentecost, May 20.
Father Stephen Castellano, MIC, was ordained to the priesthood for the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception on May 18, the feast day the feast day of the Marian Founder, St. Stanislaus Papczyński.
The Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception are proud to announce that Deacon Stephen Castellano, MIC, will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, May 18, the feast day of the Marian Founder, St. Stanislaus Papczyński.
Learn about the Founder of the Marian Fathers, to whom the Holy See has assigned the title "Patron Saint of Those in Mortal Danger."
"There is a very special place in God’s heart for us sinners, and I am no better than anyone else," says Br. Josh, MIC. "This Paschal Triduum, I was beautifully reminded of how good and merciful God is."
Is the desire for change always rooted in the common good and in the best interest of the individual? Or, is this desire affected and influenced by fallen human nature, fostering mistrust in others, in previously established entities, and the proper authorities that founded and oversee these entities? Father Kenneth Dos Santos, MIC, explains in his latest column for CatholicStand.com.
May 13 marks the 107th anniversary of Our Lady’s first apparition at Fatima. Our Lady continues to invite us to renewed hope, to deeper conversion of our hearts to Christ, and to remind us of her loving intercession before her Son for all our needs and prayers.
It’s so fitting that May is the month of Mother’s Day, celebrated this year on May 12. Every good mother is a good mother insofar as she is a shadow, an imitation of Our Lady, Mother of God, Mother of Mercy, and Mother of All the Living.
Is it feasible to be pastoral in one’s outreach to others, bereft of Gospel Truth, Judeo-Christian moral code, and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church? Can one exercise care for souls, devoid of the Revealed Word of God and the Transformative Grace of the Sacraments? Father Kenneth Dos Santos, MIC, explains in his column for CatholicStand.com.
"When the liturgy parallels what is happening in my life, I pay attention," Br. Josh, MIC, says, "and the Lord provided a sign in the sky that day."
