Virginia Durkin O'Shea, Dialog Staff
Our Lenten Journey, March 23: St. Catherine Laboure
Google "Blessed Mother medal," and the suggestions you find will most likely all be the same: the Miraculous Medal. This beautiful representation of Mary...
Our Lenten Journey, March 22: St. Dymphna
You may have heard it said that St. Dymphna is the patron saint of the "insane." But did you know the tragic circumstances that...
Our Lenten Journey, March 21: St. Bernadette of Lourdes
Anyone who has seen the classic movie "Song of Bernadette," will remember the dramatic conflict when church authorities did not believe the poor peasant...
Our Lenten Journey, March 20: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
With her auspicious beginnings in protestant early America, one would never suspect that Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton would become the founder of a religious...
Our Lenten Journey, March 19: St. Virginia
In this time of modern pandemic, meet a little-known saint who came from nobility, but led a life serving the sick and the poor.
Virginia...
Our Lenten Journey, March 18: St. Theodora Guerin
She was weakened physically by smallpox, but it couldn't keep her strong spirit from accomplishing great things. Meet French-born American Saint Theodora Guerin, the...
Our Lenten Journey, March 17: St. Brigid of Kildare
Like the pooka and the kelpie, St. Brigid of Kildare may have been a mythical Celtic creature -- or she may be one of...
Our Lenten Journey, March 16: St. Therese of Lisieux
She spent most of her life in an area of France less than 50 miles big. She lived in cloister, devoting her time to...
Our Lenten Journey, March 15: St. Louise de Marillac
More than 300 years ago, the daughter of a rich and connected French family became the founder of a religious order that focused on...
Our Lenten Journey, March 14: St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna Beretta Molla was a model of the successful twentieth century woman: She had an advanced degree and was a working mother. She loved...