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 ...
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...
St. Margaret Mary Alocoque and the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
More than sixteen centuries after that moment on Calvary, a Visitation nun named Margaret Mary Alacoque knelt in her convent chapel in Paray-le-Monial, France. It was there, in the quiet of adorati...
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 ...
Cling To The Rosary as the Creeper Clings To The Tree
Now I understand more deeply what Mother Teresa meant when she said to "cling to the Rosary as the creeper clings to the tree, for without Our Lady we cannot stand." A creeper vine cannot survive o...