January 2022

Answering Love’s Call

Carol Ann Morrow January 17, 2022

“Love has asked a lot of me lately,” says this author who tells about her journey to care for a young boy.

Imitate King’s ‘prophetic witness’ in work for justice, archbishop says

OSV News January 17, 2022

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged all people of goodwill to commemorate the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Jan. 17 holiday named for him by remembering "not only the ...

Saint Anthony of Egypt

Franciscan Media January 17

Saint Anthony of Egypt was a solitary ascetic who practiced great mortification yet drew many people to himself. He responded by founding an early form of monastic life. He lived until age 105.

Growing in Mindfulness

Brother David Steindl-Rast January 16, 2022

Gratefulness can be practiced, cultivated, learned. And as we grow in gratefulness, we grow in mindfulness.

Speaking Truth

Melanie Rigney January 16, 2022

She was a big deal—until she wasn’t. Joan of Arc (about 1412-1431) heard voices of saints from an early age. Eventually Joan was burned at the stake as a witch and heretic.

Saint Berard and Companions

Franciscan Media January 16

Saint Francis considered Saints Berard and his companions as true Friars Minor because they were willing to lay their lives on the line for the faith. Such heroic virtue inspired Saint Anthony to join the Franciscans.