She was a widow with a 12-year-old son. Yet she was called to the religious life, sacrificing everything to bring the word of God to the people in the untamed land of Canada in the 1600s. She is St. Marie of the Incarnation (feast day: Apr. 30).
Saint Catherine of Siena, whose feast we celebrate on April 29, is a super saint. Not only was she a stigmatist, theologian, philosopher, mystic, and helper to the poor and suffering, but she was also a highly esteemed political ambassador utilized by popes!
In this month of April, let us honor St. Gianna Molla (feast day: Apr. 28) and follow her example of trusting our whole life to the will of God. Father Matt Lamoureux shares her inspiring story.
"I stand still on that same spot/The memory of years gone by," writes Fr. Andy Davy. MIC.
The Holy Father has died, age 88. Pope Francis’ pontificate was relatively long and eventful, but the Marian Family will always remember those times where our charisms found special expression. Here's a look back.
More than 15,000 people are expected to attend the annual Divine Mercy Sunday Weekend festivities on April 26-27. An international broadcast of the Marian Fathers’ celebration will air on the EWTN Global Catholic network beginning at 12 Noon ET on Sunday, April 27.
Happy Easter! The knowledge that the Father wants to raise each of us up with Christ gives us great cause for rejoicing, but it doesn't give us a magic wand. We have to respond.
Reduced to a “zero,” as she put it in her own words, Bl. Marie-Anne Blondin (feast day April 18) was the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada.
In this poem. Br. Stephen Camara, MIC, imaginatively explores what it might have been like to be the Roman soldier on guard outside the tomb of Christ those thousands of years ago.
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 20: Jesus the Social Prophet.
Palm Sunday, April 13, and Good Friday, April 18, are bookends of the spiritual life in a lot of ways. Let us welcome our King, the Son of David, with hosannas. Let us lay our palms beneath the feet of His mount, and never forget that the palm is an ancient symbol of martyrdom.
On his fourth anniversary, please ask St. Faustina to pray for Marc, for all his family and friends, and for everyone affected by his life and death.
