Saints
Advent with the Saints: Adolph Kolping
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 2, 2025
The “Kolping Society,” as it is popularly known, seeks to emphasize the dignity of human work and support family life.
Advent with the Saints: Frances Xavier Cabrini
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 1, 2025
Much of the Catholic Church in the United States has grown through the faith of thousands of immigrants who came here over the centuries.
Read More →
Advent with the Saints: Isaiah
Greg Friedman, OFM
November 30, 2025
Passages from Isaiah are among the most beautiful in the Bible, touching upon poetic imagery of deserts blooming, mountains lowering, and valleys filling up.
Read More →
Two Feasts for Saint Joseph?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
November 9, 2025
On March 19, we celebrate Saint Joseph, husband of Mary. On May 1, we celebrate Saint Joseph the Worker. Why are there two feasts for the same saint? The worldwide Church has long honored St. Joseph, and his feast entered ...
Read More →
Communion of Saints: Deepening our Relationships with Those We’ve Lost
Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
November 4, 2025
Through the communion of saints, we all have a profound second chance: not to erase the past, but to speak love into eternity and reclaim the relationship that death could not sever...
Read More →
Opening Our Ears to Our Lady
Daniel Imwalle
October 28, 2025
Stretching from all saints’ day to the commencement of the Christmas season, this time of year brings a plethora of inspiration to our lives, even spilling over a bit in its excess like a Thanksgiving cornucopia.
Read More →






Monastery where Carlo Acutis received first Communion in ruins after fire