Cappuccino: A tribute to Capuchin Friars
The background of a beverage named for a “Habit”
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Articles in 'History'
How "back to the salt mines"-- honors today's 2 saints
Enemies in life, brothers in death
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A Poor Clare's feast day menu -- Assisi style
A rustic, Assisi-style table honors St Clare’s poverty, sufficiency and Eucharistic radiance.
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On Active Duty: The Unseen Protection of St. Michael
Have you ever had a moment where you felt an invisible hand protecting you or someone you love? History and personal experience show us that we rarely walk alone. St. Michael the Archangel watches over us in unexpected ways—from WWII battlefields to modern daily life.
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What Had Been Removed? My Encounter with the Didache
In this article, I examine what this ancient text reveals about baptism, confession, apostolic tradition, Church authority, and especially the Eucharist. I also reflect on how discovering that the earliest Christians practiced a sacramental and recognizably Catholic faith challenged my assumptions and became an important step in my conversion.
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WI's National shrine of St Philomena celebrates her 8/10 feast
Her fan club includes Padre Pio, St John Vianney, Bl. Pauline Jaricot & others...
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"Why was I spared...?"
Molokai's St Marianne Cope never succumbed to the leprosy, as did Fr Damien and others. On her feast day, let us attempt to discern her bio & what God's plan for her may have been ...
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The white martyr of Adelaide ...
Truth demands action. Happy feast day, St Mother Mary of the Cross!
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Top Ten Archeology Helps for Catholic Apologetics
"To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant." Catholic apologists could fortify their arguments if they knew and studied these ten archeological discoveries.
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Secrets of the Silver Scroll
A recent, remarkable archeological find confirms that Catholic theology rejected by the Reformation was intact and thriving in the early church.
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Catholics in Courage: St. Maximilian Kolbe and the Courage to Say Yes
St. Maximilian Kolbe gave his life at Auschwitz so another man could live. His extraordinary sacrifice leaves me confronting an uncomfortable question about my own capacity for courage—and invites each of us to ask: What courage exists in me?
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Weathering Storms
Lord Jesus, so often we are like the Apostles in that we do not recognise You when You come. They thought You were a ghost. Our problem is that You come in such simple ways that sometimes we don't see You – in the support of family and friends, the loving counsel of a teacher, the sacraments of the Church - when we need You most.
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The Boy who Shared
All our actions do have a ripple effect; but when they are in union with Jesus that effect can be enormous and far reaching. When the boy bankrolled the miracle with five loaves and 2 fish, he could not have anticipated such ROI (return on investment). Five thousand men were fed; this story was etched in the minds of every believer across 20 centuries and around the world.
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The Shiniest Gold Is the Hidden Gold: Gratitude for Pure Hearts
The beautiful interior of a chasuble reminded me of the hidden glimpses we catch of other people's hearts.
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Are non-denominational Baptisms valid?
Let us ask August 2's saint of the day, Pope St Stephen I, who solved this dilemma
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St Francis of Assisi's Portiuncula indulgence available August 1-2
This indulgence was renewed indefinitely time by the decree S. Cong. of Indul., in 1911. It may be gained for each visit to church & may be applied to the souls in purgatory.
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