Prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory by St. Gertrude the Great
According to tradition, St. Gertrude the Great was told by Our Lord that each time she piously recited the following prayer, it would release 1,000 souls (or a vast number) from their suffering ...
Holy Hauntings: A Catholic Guide to Ghosts, Purgatory, and Halloween
Let us not be afraid of the supernatural. Instead, let us reclaim this Halloween season as a truly Catholic time. Let the plastic skeletons and fake cobwebs remind us of the real bones of our ances...
What is a Daily Examen and Why Pray It?
St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order, popularized the daily Examen in his classic work, The Spiritual Exercises. The Examen, or examination of conscience, is typically prayed at the ...
Encountering Christ in the Mysteries of the Rosary: Drawn In Part From the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
When we apply this method to the Rosary, the mysteries cease to be distant events of long ago. They become encounters with the living Christ who still moves in our lives today.
What Happened to Francisco & Jacinta Marto After Fatima
St. Francisco (1908-1919) and St. Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) were siblings and the youngest of the three shepherd children, who, along with their cousin, Lucia Santos, witnessed three apparitions of...
New Saints To Be Declared on October 19th in St. Peter's Square
On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV will raise to the altars seven blesseds whose lives testify to God’s boundless mercy. From a reformed occultist in Italy to martyrs and missionaries across the glo...
What Does It Mean to be a Catholic Mystic?
Have you marveled at accounts of the saints who received spiritual consolations and supernatural experiences, then wondered how they achieved that "special something" beyond the rest of us? We ofte...
Read St. Teresa of Avila's Famous Poem, in Her Own Handwriting
St. Teresa of Avila (1515–1582), the great Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and Doctor of the Church, most famous for her classic spiritual writings, The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection, al...
St. Carlo Acutis...Pray For Us!
In many ways, Carlo Acutis was a regular teenager. He wore Nike shoes, loved sports, and was tech-savvy. He was also exceptional. In fact, he is on his way to becoming the first millennial saint of...
Bartolo Longo: The Satanic Priest Who Became a Saint
From Satanic priest to “Apostle of the Rosary,” Blessed Bartolo Longo’s story is one of the most dramatic conversions in Church history. Once enslaved by the occult, he discovered the mercy of God ...