Studies cite the physical, mental, and social benefits of volunteering—three ingredients to overall wellness.

Music takes me back, keeps me in the present, and inspires hope for the future—all at once.

Though she was never known to waver in her support of Jesus, Mary Magdalene’s actions in Jesus’ final days exemplify her commitment.

In this Year of St. Joseph, it's good to remember Joseph was a real man, a real husband, and a real father, who experienced all the ups and downs that go with those roles.


St. Francis understood that, by accepting our responsibility to care for water, we will say, “Thank you,” to God, the giver of water and life.

Mary MacKillop was excommunicated for insubordination, and later she was told to move her congregation out of a diocese. Through it all, she showed a radical trust in God and the Church, even when some of its leaders were less than Christlike.

With gun violence on the rise, we as a nation find ourselves at a crossroads.

This popular Franciscan saint left behind a structured and renewed Franciscan Order and a body of work all of which glorifies his major love—Jesus.

Her purity, her tenacity, her openness to others—these and other attributes keep St. Kateri close to her followers’ hearts.