Some people are Christians under pretty good circumstances. And then there are those like Kateri Tekakwitha, whose feast we celebrate on July 14.
What do you do when God doesn’t tell you to do anything in particular, save to watch, wait, and pray? Chris Sparks searched for the answer in he Garden of Gethsemene during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
On July 8, Deacon Timothy John Childers, MIC, will be ordained to the priesthood for the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception at St. Stephen Church in Riverview, Florida. Livestreamed here.
On July 8, Fr. Timothy John Childers, MIC, was ordained to the priesthood for the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception at St. Stephen Church in Riverview, Florida.
Licheń is the second most frequently visited Marian shrine in Poland, after Czestochowa. The shrine, run by the Marian Fathers and opened in 2004, is the largest in Poland. July 2 is the Feast of Our Lady of Licheń.
On July 4, remember that the Patroness of the United States is mother for all of us: those on the left or the right, Democrat or Republican, whatever our ethnicity, race, or even creed. Our Lady is the New Eve, Mother of the New Adam, and the Refuge of Sinners; she has been given the whole human race by God.
On June 29, we honor two patron saints of the Marian Congregation: Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
On June 28, 1987, Pope St. John Paul II raised our beloved Renovator, Blessed George Matulaitis-Matulewicz, to the honors of the altar.
God's representatives on earth failed at the house of Caiaphas, and through that failure, our salvation came to pass. So Chris Sparks reveals in this fourth article on his epic pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
"Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John" (Lk 1:13).
If you had money, power, and status second only to the king of your country, would you be able to lay it all down for the sake of conscience and faith? Would you possess a trust in God greater than your many extraordinary possessions? Saint Thomas More, whom we celebrate on June 22, is a gallant example.
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (feast day: June 21) is the patron saint of youth. For most of his brief life, this son of a warrior was fighting a very different battle with an absolute determination to win: a war against against sin. As the Church attests, he won.
