12 Plants Named for Our Lady and Their Pious Legends
One of the traditional ways the faithful have venerated the Virgin Mary, which became popular during Medieval times, was with a family home or parish church Mary Garden.Marian Gardens were small pl...
The Inspiring Prayer of St. Brendan the Navigator, Irish Patron of Sailors
This beautiful prayer is attributed to St. Brendan the Navigator (484-577 A.D.), also known as St. Brendan the Voyager, an ancient Irish monk, abbot, sailor, ship-builder, and explorer. He is the p...
St. Dymphna: The Courage of a Teenage Irish Girl
May 15 is the feast day of St. Dymphna, a young woman of great courage. She is the patroness of the mentally and emotionally ill and other nervous disorders. How did this come to pass? Read the i...
How to Live the Message of Our Lady of Fatima
October 13, 2017 was the 100th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, the closing event in a series of apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three Portuguese shepherd children, Lúcia Santos and...
Blessed Imelda Lambertini, Patroness of First Communicants
Little Imelda Lambertini loved Jesus so deeply that she often wondered, “Can anyone receive Jesus into their heart and not die?”This caused her to request, when she was just five years old, to rece...
A Beautiful New DVD Series: Queen of Heaven: Mary's Battle For Souls
We at The Catholic Company are excited to offer the new DVD set, Queen of Heaven: Mary's Battle For Souls DVD, a new series which allows you to encounter Mary as you never have before. I rece...
Five Prayers Taught at Fatima by Mary & the Angels
On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal with an urgent message for the whole world. Between May and October she would appear five more times...
Get Inspired to Make Your Own Mary Garden
"I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys."(Song of Solomon 2:1)Since ancient times it has been common feature of monasteries and convents to have enclosed gardens as a reflective place of retr...
A Catholic Wedding Gift Guide
Although gift-giving is a common practice when celebrating any sacrament, is it especially true of the Sacrament of Marriage. We love to shower new couples with love as they start a life together.I...
A Prayer to St. Florian, Patron Saint of Firefighters
St. Florian (c. 250-304 A.D.) was a commander in the Roman army serving under the Emperor Diocletian in present-day Austria. Among his duties was the organization of firefighting brigades. He was s...