There's a good reason why the Feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 16) and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 17) are celebrated next to each other.
Our country is home to some truly beautiful shrines, churches, and places of prayer specially dedicated to Our Lady. And yet we shouldn’t let this spiritual wealth continue to go unexplored, unvisited.
According to the Marian Founder, Mary, the Mother of God, gives us an example at the Visitation of how we ought to strive for perfection.
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 29.
Daily exercise becomes a lesson in perseverance for Novice Josh and his running mate.
Historians and scholars around the world are indebted to the work of their patron saint: St. Bede the Venerable, priest and Doctor of the Church (feast day: May 25) and one of the most prolific and influential Catholic writers of the Middle Ages.
"I have seen the cave of Elijah," Chris Sparks recalls. "Its value is in what happened there, and who visited — the prophet, yes, but more importantly, God."
Please pray for the success of the much-delayed and long-anticipated fifth World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM5), to be held in Apia, Samoa, May 20-26. The theme is: "Divine Mercy: The Ocean of Love that Envelops the Whole World."
Novice Josh discovers that, when fellow members of the community joke around with each other, "It adds to my happiness."
Learn about the Founder of the Marian Fathers, to whom the Holy See has assigned the title "Patron Saint of Those in Mortal Danger."
Here in Massachusetts, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord on Thursday, May 18, although most dioceses in the United States transfer the observance to Sunday, May 21.
The Very Rev. Chris Alar, MIC, has been elected to a full six-year term as Provincial Superior of the Province of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy.
