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Growing in Faith - Our 2024 First Communion Gift Guide
The joyous spring season is here! With it, we welcome a new generation of Catholics to the Supper of the Lord in First Holy Communion. At The Catholic Company, we have curated a wonderful selection...
The Best-Sellers: Our Ultimate Advent & Christmas Gift Guide
Getting ready for the Advent and Christmas season? We've put together an ultimate gift guide listing our top holiday sellers all in one spot.Here are two of the top best-sellers in each of the foll...
A Family Tradition That Becomes a Family Heirloom - The Nativity Crèche
Giving a Nativity Scene Set as a gift can be the beginning of a beautiful family tradition. When my first child was born, my mother-in-law gave her a tiny Nativity Set. It was a simple set of prett...
Where Do Saint Days Come From and Why Do Some Saints Have More Than One Feast Day?
We Catholics are a celebratory people, and with good reason. Our salvation and redemption are inestimable gifts, and our Faith is rich in tradition, not to mention thanksgiving, honor, and praise o...
The Symbolism Of The Three Christmas Masses
Christmas is the holiest day of the year. Just as we celebrate Easter with a triduum of liturgies (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil), Christmas is celebrated with a "triduum" of Mas...
RCIA - What to Know & Why It Should Inspire Us
Every year during the Easter Vigil Mass, the Church welcomes thousands of new Catholics into the fold. She celebrates the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) on Holy Saturday to seal thes...
The Last 7 Words of Jesus: A Lenten Meditation
Lent is a time that the Universal Church reflects on Christ's Passion and Death in an intensely focused way. After Jesus was nailed to the cross, He spoke 7 short expressions. These statements are ...
The Technical Side of Choosing the Right Rosary
Give me a rosary, any rosary will do!Is this how you feel when you're faced with many different rosary styles? Or are you a bit more particular about choosing just the right one?If you've ever been...
8 Signs Your Soul Is Spiritually Dehydrated + How To Hydrate
Spring holds the promise and evidence of new life all around us. We see it bursting forth with each new day and each new flower and tree. It is the season of rejuvenation, growth, and bloom. There’...
First Communion Gift Guide
A lot has changed in these last months. What might have felt stable and dependable—our schedules, school, work, Mass, and events that were on the calendar—have largely been upended. Many churches h...
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...
The Truth About the Holy Family: God’s Pattern for Family Life
Love usually makes husband and wife one, states Sheen, but in the case of Mary and Joseph, it was not their combined loves but Jesus who made them one.
Three Popular Novena Prayers to St. Therese of Lisieux
The ever-popular and loved St. Thérèse of Lisieux, affectionately known as "The Little Flower," has her feast day on October 1st (on the old liturgical calendar, it is October 3rd). Catholics the w...
Catholic Encouragement for Single Parents: Grace for the Journey
Find hope and encouragement as a Catholic single parent. Discover God's grace, practical spiritual support, and faith-filled resources for your family.
Everything You Need to Know about the Holy Year of Mercy
As the Year of Mercy begins, here is your primer on everything you should know to fully celebrate this special event in the life of the Church.WHAT IS THE YEAR OF MERCY?Popes have the tradition of ...
Praying the Via Lucis (Way of Light) during the Easter Season
The Via Lucis, or the "Way of Light" in Latin, is a Catholic devotion also known as the Stations of the Resurrection. In these Stations, we meditate on Christ's Resurrection and the incredible eve...
4 Lessons From the Serenity Prayer
Reinhold Niebuhr, a Protestant theologian, was born in the late 1800s. He died in 1971, leaving behind a legacy of Christian writings on society, politics, and the nature and destiny of man. The m...
A Mother's Tears: The Story of Our Lady of La Salette
In March of 2011, I went with my mom to visit a boarding school for teenage girls who want to begin discerning consecrated life. On one of the days, the director announced that we were going to vis...
St. Philomena the Wonder-Worker: Her Story in Her Own Words
Knowledge of Saint Philomena seems to be steadily growing. Catholics around the world are discovering her and becoming fervently devoted. Her beautiful name is familiar on their lips.But this is qu...
The Marriage of All & Nothing
Recently I heard two young women chatting in line at the grocery store about marriage. They debated the advantages and disadvantages, pondering whether it was responsible to bring children into a w...
All Saints Day vs. All Souls Day: Understanding the Communion of Saints
Learn the difference between All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, the Communion of Saints, Purgatory, and why Catholics pray for the dead.
Get to Know Your Guardian Angel and the Angels of Your Loved Ones
Our parish in Charlotte, North Carolina recently had the privilege of a visit from a priest of Opus Sanctorum Angelorum who offered us the opportunity to consecrate ourselves to our Guardian Angels...
Eight Ordinary Things a Priest Who Confronts the Extraordinary Wants Every Catholic to Do
A recurring theme of Fr. Dan's is that spiritual warfare isn't primarily about reacting to the devil, but about growing closer to Christ.
A Guide to the Catholic Liturgical Calendar
Christianity isn't just lived. It's celebrated. That's because our faith isn't merely about doctrine. It includes a plethora of saints, historical events, and divine mysteries that ...