saints

woman holding a cross with the light of a sunset behind the cross

Called to Be Saints

November 1, 2024

The presence or chorus of the saints—living and dead—reassures us that we never travel alone. They might say, “we got your back.”

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Transitus, Lady Jacoba, and the Care of Baking Cookies 

October 3, 2024
How we choose to commemorate this poignant transition in Francis’ life speaks volumes about our own faith.
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Let Nothing Disturb or Distress You

July 2, 2024
Our lives are made so much richer by the saints; they reinforce the beauty of the Gospels.
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The Apostle of Ireland

March 17, 2024
St. Patrick continues to be a popular saint well beyond the Ireland that he so loved. But after 1,500 years, one must wonder what it is about his story that has such longstanding appeal.
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Saints Be Praised!

February 28, 2024
The saints and blesseds are special signs of God’s activity.
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Josephine Bakhita

A Prayer for Josephine

February 8, 2024
St. Josephine Bakhita bore scars throughout her body from years of slavery, yet her courageous heart remained unblemished.
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Jeremy Alexander, an iconographer and second-year theology teacher at Detroit Cristo Rey High School, is pictured Dec. 18, 2023, with a mural he created on a wall of the school's small chapel. Painted in his signature Byzantine style, the mural features 37 diverse saints, artists, poets, civil rights leaders and human rights activists. (OSV News photo/Steven Stechschulte, special to the Detroit Catholic)

Teacher’s mural features 37 diverse saints, artists, poets, civil rights leaders

February 1, 2024
Kim Redigan used to look out the window of Detroit Cristo Rey High School's small chapel as she prayed.
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