February 2nd, the final day of the 40-day-long Christmastide season, is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or, more p...
How to Make St. Brigid's Cross
St. Brigid of Ireland (451–525 A.D.), also known as St. Brigit of Kildare, was born to a pagan Irish chieftain father and a Christian slave mother, making her a slave girl. She worked as a dairy ma...
The Prophetic Vision of St. John Bosco: The Two Columns
January 31st is the feast day of St. John Bosco. John Bosco (also called Don Bosco) was a Catholic priest who lived in Italy in the 19th century. He is most famous for his work with troubled, city...
Don Bosco's Advice on How to Keep the Devil Away
St. John Bosco (also known as Don Bosco) was an influential 19th century Italian priest who ministered to the poor and neglected boys of Turin, Italy, who were driven to a life of desperation and c...
St. Thomas Aquinas: Master Theologian, Mystic, and Poet
January 28 is the feast day of arguably the greatest intellect in the history of the Catholic Church, St. Thomas Aquinas, known as the Angelic Doctor due to his purity of mind and body and great i...
Patron Saints for the Pro-Life Movement
One of the most fundamental moral teachings of the Catholic Church, which has come into stark conflict with the spirit of the world today, is the God-given sanctity of all human life from conceptio...
The Catholic Saints of Auschwitz
January 27, 1945 is a day forever etched in history. On this day the Russian army liberated the Nazis' largest and most infamously cruel concentration camp—Auschwitz—located in south-western Poland...
The Virgin Martyrs as Models of Purity
In our society the virtue of purity seems “old fashioned” or “prudish” to many. There is very little today that is considered scandalous. Sadly, our culture has mainstreamed many things that would ...
St. Sebastian: Daring Christian Soldier
St. Sebastian was an undercover Christian for most of his life. He was born into the nobility and joined the Roman Imperial army to keep his cover as a typical noble pagan so that he could minister...
A Prayer to Put the United States of America into God's Hands
We are commanded by God in Sacred Scripture to pray for the conversion of our leaders. Let's join together and recite this prayer for the people of this nation, so that as a country our collective ...