One of the most highly recognizable saints of the modern age, St. Thérèse of Lisieux (feast day: Oct. 1), died at 24 yet is a Doctor of the Church, sharing the designation with only four other women in Church history: Sts. Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, and Teresa of Avila.
On his feast day (Sept. 30), many we remember the instruction of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church, to “Read the divine Scriptures constantly; never let the sacred volume fall from your hand.”
A new study has found that just 17 percent of adult Catholics attends Mass at least once a week; prior to the pandemic, 24 percent did. What is going on? asks Chris Sparks.
We celebrate the Archangels on Sept. 29. Call on St. Michael for protection, St. Raphael for healing, and St. Gabriel for help spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Divine Mercy, to every heart.
The Marian Fathers are blessed with an abundance of vocations. But what is life like for a Marian seminarian? Brother Josh, MIC, a second-year seminarian at the Marian House of Studies in Steubenville, Ohio, begins a weekly column on his formation journey, which began last year as "Novice Notes."
May we follow the example of St. Vincent de Paul (feast day: Sept. 27) in turning our eyes back to the Divine Mercy of Jesus, trusting that He will pave our way to sanctity and triumph.
This Priesthood Sunday, Sept. 24, a day to reflect upon and affirm the role of the priest as central to the life of the Church, give your parish priests a gift that keeps on giving — a Holy Hour for their intentions!
What have you heard about Padre Pio, feast day Sept. 23? Maybe you heard that he could bi-locate, or that he had the wounds of Christ. But, asks Br. Eliot, MIC, have you heard about the great love of St. Pio of Pietrelcina for Mary, the Mother of God, and the Rosary?
The Marian Fathers are blessed with an abundance of vocations. But what is life like for a Marian seminarian? Brother Josh, MIC, a second-year seminarian at the Marian House of Studies in Steubenville, Ohio, begins a weekly column on his formation journey, which began last year as "Novice Notes."
Saint Joseph’s, a Lithuanian parish in Waterbury, Connecticut (and the oldest Lithuanian parish in New England), where Blessed George Matulaitis stayed in 1926, closes on Sept. 30.
She is one of only four female Doctors of the Church, a mystic from the age of 3 who grew into an abbess, author, composer, preacher, and advisor. We are talking about St. Hildegard of Bingen (feast day Sept. 17).
A great advocate for prayer, St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), cardinal and Doctor of the Church, had an immense understanding of the goodness of God. His feast day is Sept. 17.
