May 1, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, provides a perfect opportunity to re-examine the degree to which we infuse our daily tasks with dignity, using St. Joseph as our model.
The message of Fatima is a call for peace that resonates beyond Our Lady’s 1917 appearances to our own time, when we face new, heightened threats to the peaceful existence of the family.
Anna believes that music has a special power. “There’s nothing like it. It speaks to people’s hearts. Mother Mary made me realize it’s not about me. It’s about giving glory to God.”
By Marian Friedrichs
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!
The passion and zeal of the patron saint of preachers, St. Louis Grignion de Montfort (feast day: April 28) lit a fire in a young Karol Wojtyia, the future Pope St. John Paul II.
Novice Josh recalls, "We were gathered in the upstairs novice classroom with Fr. Jim when he told us the big news. 'Mac is entering the Catholic Church on Monday.'"
Hailed as the “Augustine of the Middle Ages” and the “Father of Scholasticism,” St. Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (feast day, April 21) is considered the foremost theologian of his age. He is famous for saying, “For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand.”
A game of "peg solitaire" at Cracker Barrel proves a test of skill for the Marian novices and their master, reports Novice Josh.
Join us for the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy! Stories, photos, and updates all day.
Check in here for regular updates from the celebration of Divine Mercy Weekend at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, April 15 and 16.
"Father Kaz sat with us novices at a long table in Stockbridge," Novice Josh reports. "He had many stories about Divine Mercy to tell, and they were gripping."
"Behold! The Temple is raised anew / For all to worship with spirit true." Brother Stephen J., MIC, offers a poetic reflection for the Easter Season.
