May 9, 2020

Mural of Saint Juan Diego

Saint Juan Diego: New World Apostle

Juan Diego is more well-known than any king, queen, bishop, missionary or conquistador of that era. Though famous personalities pass away, Juan Diego continues to live in the memory of the people.

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lots of food on a table

Thanksgiving with Saints Philemon and Apphia

This holy couple offers four lessons for your feast.
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saint monica

A Celebration of St. Monica

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.
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Faith and Family for May 17: The Advocate

READ JN 14:15-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom ...
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Holy Family

Did Jesus Have Siblings?

If St. James is Jesus’ brother, would James not also be God’s son? Were Mary and Joseph the parents of James?
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Where Should the Tabernacle Go?

Most members of our large Catholic community have been trying to rescue Our Lord from a tabernacle on a side altar. Some churches have kept the tabernacle where it belongs: in the center of the main altar.
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Did the Church Make Up Purgatory?

My middle-aged daughter recently told me that there is no purgatory, that the Catholic Church made that up.
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