What a marvelous privilege it is to be a grandmother and more so if the grandson is the Lord Jesus Christ! St. Anne is a woman chosen like her daughter Mary. Nothing is written about her in the Scriptures except in the protoevangelium of James. It is...
[caption id="attachment_7734" align="alignright" width="350"] The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, a painting by Caravaggio[/caption]He is the Apostle of India. Saint Thomas is one of the least known among the Twelve Apostles. His identity was uncovered in the Gospel of Saint John despite being mentioned in Matthew 10:3,...
The Salesians are a family of men and women founded by a Catholic priest, Fr. John Bosco, which in Italian is translated Don Bosco. He began his work in Turin, Italy, in the mid-1800s by gathering poor boys and young men that had no place...
What did our Lady reveal to the 3 children? (Some are revealed by Jacinta before she died and some are revealed by Lucia while she was already a nun.) “More souls go to Hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason.” “Certain fashions...
Teresa’s practice of the virtue of humility coupled with the daily practice of mental prayer had brought her to spiritual heights that only a few Christians before her had reached. Teresa wrote extensively about these spiritual and mystical experiences in her other books---The Way of...
August 25, 1905 Sr. Faustina was born in Poland. 1925 She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy; served as a cook, gardener and doorkeeper. February 22, 1931 She experienced a new and life-changing vision of Christ seeing him wearing a white robe and raising his...
The most miraculous and visited Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the world is that of Our Lady of Lourdes. I, myself experienced the cool, healing waters as I took a plunge and the miracle of feeling warm air and drying me off immediately...
St. Andrew was born in Seoul, Korea, to converts to the faith. His father was a martyr. Baptized at the age of 15, he travelled 1300 miles to the nearest seminary in South China and was ordained Korea’s first native priest. In 1846 he was...
In preparation for the celebration of the 500 years birth anniversary of St. Teresa of Avila on March 28, 2015. St. Teresa’s Second Stage of Prayer – The Prayer of Quiet St. Teresa’s life in the convent of the Encarnation was not all spent strictly in prayer...
In preparation for the celebration of the 500 years birth anniversary of St. Teresa of Avila on March 28, 2015. St. Teresa’s First Stage of Prayer After St. Teresa of Avila recovered from the serious illness which almost ended her life at a young age , she...