October 1 marks the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus. Born Marie-Francoise Therese Martin on Rue Saint-Blaise, Alencon, France on January 2, 1873 from a devout Catholic parents Marie – Azelie Guerin and Louis Martin. St. Therese’s simplicity and practicality to the spiritual...
In preparation for the celebration of the 500 years birth anniversary of St. Teresa of Avila on March 28, 2015. (Fifth of a series) God’s Grace in the Guise of an Illness St. Teresa experienced many sufferings in her life that included physical, mental, emotional and spiritual...
Life A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in anelection delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issue of his pontificate was the treatment to be accorded Christians who had been...
Life St. Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain, in 1580, of impoverished parents descended from ancient and distinguished families. He studied at the Jesuit college of Barcelona, entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona in 1602 and took his final vows on August 8th, 1604....
Quote: “Too late have I loved you, O Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! Too late I loved you! And behold, you were within, and I abroad, and there I searched for you; I was deformed, plunging amid those fair forms, which you had made....
On March 28, 2015 the Carmelites all over the world will celebrate the 500 years birth anniversary of one of its great saints, St. Teresa of Avila, also known as St. Teresa of Jesus. St. Teresa was a prominent Christian Mystic, canonized in 1622 by...
Quote: Cyril's theme: "Only if it is one and the same Christ who is consubstantial with the Father and with men can he save us, for the meeting ground between God and man is the flesh of Christ. Only if this is God's own flesh can...
(950?-1027) After a wasted youth, Romuald saw his father kill a relative in a duel over property. In horror he fled to a monastery near Ravenna in Italy. After three years some of the monks found him to be uncomfortably holy and eased him out. He spent...
June 13 (1195-1231) Quote: In his sermon Anthony writes: "The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when they might wish to do so. Yet they are always ready to exchange the quiet of...
Patron Saint of Germany Boniface, known as the apostle of the Germans, was an English Benedictine monk who gave up being elected abbot to devote his life for the conversion of the Germanic tribes. Two characteristics stand out: his Christian orthodoxy and his fidelity to the...