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.
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.
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).
Our Lady of Sorrows, whose feast we celebrate on Sept. 15, is a witness to the truth that suffering comes for us all; sorrow comes for us all. Mary knows intimately our sufferings, and bore similar sufferings with grace.
Today, the Church marks the Feast of the Exaltation (“Triumph”) of the Holy Cross. It’s a good day to make a Lenten devotion a year-round habit: making the Stations of the Cross. And this year marks the 10th anniversary of the dedication of the magnificent outdoor, life-size Stations of the Cross at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy.
The Catholic Church celebrates the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Sept. 14. As Christians, says Br. Eliott, MIC, we can unite our suffering to Christ’s suffering on the Cross. We can ask the Lord to save souls through the sufferings we endure (even small things, like doing our daily tasks well).
He was the “golden-mouthed” preacher, “seen as a second Paul” and “a Doctor of the Universe,” said Pope Benedict XVI, describing St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, whose feast day we celebrate on Sept. 13.
Where Our Lady goes, there God triumphs. Where her name (feast day: Sept. 12) is pronounced with love and trust, there the Body of Christ wins the victory.
