My Visit with Sister Wilhelmina
I recently returned from a trip to Gower, Missouri to venerate Sister Wilhelmina, founder of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, and an incorrupt.
Humble Weapons for Humble Warriors
Relics and sacramentals—bone, skin, muscle, clothing, salt, water, ash—are all things that ground us, the humblest of spiritual weapons.
Nationalistic Saints
Saints such as Joan of Arc and Thomas More demonstrate that being holy does not mean being disengaged from public service.
Mother Cabrini and Deaconesses
The biggest problem of the participation of women in the leadership of the Church today is frankly being ignored: the decline of active religious life.
Mother Cabrini’s Empire of Hope: The Movie
Cabrini is basically an action movie, a David and Goliath tale. You can’t help but cheer for the underdog who feels God’s call so intensely. It will capture young viewers with the risk and excitement of the Christian life.
How 26 Men and Boys Conquered a King
St. Paul Miki and his companions rejoiced at the news that they were to die for Christ.
Are We Catholic Enough to Make Enemies?
St. John Bosco underwent assassination attempts because of his bold mission in Catholic education. Should Catholic schools expect to make similar enemies if they are truly teaching the Faith?
Remembering a Good and Faithful Servant
Fr. Al Lauer was a faithful priest whose impact is felt decades after his untimely death.
Too Many Saints Looking for Work!
Think about all the saints in Heaven who have never had big followings, or have simply been forgotten by us on this side of the veil. They are waiting there for you and me to ask for their intercession.
Saints Walking Among Us
Gaining a cozy, daily familiarity with a handful of the old saints can alleviate some of the depression and loneliness we might feel in the present often unfriendly environment of our Church.
Remembering the Slave of the Slaves
St. Peter Claver’s ministry to black slaves is plainly remarkable and perhaps unparalleled among anyone in the history of the Catholic Church and perhaps Christianity as a whole.
The Death of a Boy and the Founding of Families
Nine-year-old Michael Harrill inspired everyone who saw him bravely fight a year-long battle against a pediatric cancer called neuroblastoma.
Be Persecuted Like St. Lawrence
If being faithful in 2023 means that you are at odds with the world, then how should one proceed?
The Paradoxes of Auschwitz: Barbarity and Beatitude
“Cheery religion” can’t produce Edith Steins. Only the Old Faith can do that. The Old Faith, unafraid of the Cross.
Brendan Had Three Babies
A boy with Down Syndrome and leukemia who died at the age of 16 has left an amazing legacy.
June 28 and the Original Gender Defender
As Pride Month 2023 blows itself out with its loud, frothy-mouthed proclamations that demand uncanny and unconditional validation, the voice of Irenaeus booms from the heavens like summer thunder, denying and denouncing their aberrations.
Sister Wilhelmina: An American Incorruptible
The body of an American religious foundress was found to be miraculously incorrupt, four years after her death. What does this mean, and what might God be telling us through this? We’ll talk with someone who knows the community and recently visited Sister Wilhelmina’s body.
The Need for Anselm
St. Anselm (1033-1109) has much to teach our modern world about human nature and about the search for God.
The Curé Few Want
There is a major identity crisis today in the priesthood. It is a rupture, or at the very least an attempt to disconnect from the burden of its deep-rooted identity as one who offers sacrifice.
The Starved Man Who Changed the World
Thirty-one years ago today, Venerable Aloysius Schwartz, one of the greatest forces for good for the humiliated, abandoned, and rejected in the history of the world, died like a poor man.