May 9, 2020
A Celebration of St. Monica
Lawrence S. Cunningham
May 9, 2020
Educated by a household servant, Monica cared for her father and siblings until she married Patricius, a pagan landowner and minor Roman official of the same town.
A Look Back at the Life of Padre Pio
Fr. Bryan Shortall, OFM Cap.
May 9, 2020
Throughout his life, the boy who became Padre Pio was to bear a huge resemblance to the seraphic saint.
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St. Clare’s Gamble
Ramona Miller, OSF
May 9, 2020
Many people thought Clare of Assisi, a noblewoman, was wasting her life by living as a cloistered nun at San Damiano. She proved them wrong.
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A Little More Mary, A Little Less Martha
Susan Hines-Brigger
May 9, 2020
The story of Martha and Mary is one that has always spoken to me as a woman, a wife, a mom and a sister.
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Jonah and the Whale
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 9, 2020
The word change normally refers to new beginnings.
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A Celebration of St. Marguerite d’Youville
Franciscan Media
May 9, 2020
St. Marguerite was born in Varennes (Quebec), one of 10 children, in 1701. Her father died when she was seven. This loss left the family destitute.
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St. Francis and the Feast of Pardon
Kathleen M. Carroll
May 9, 2020
The Feast of Pardon, as it is called in Italy, always attracts thousands of visitors and pilgrims to Assisi.
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