Tag: 40 days of Lent

St. Perpetua, a noblewoman, and St. Felicity, a slave, were bound together in death when they were executed for the crime of being Christian...

Born in an era between the voyages of Columbus and the Protestant Reformation, St. Teresa of Avila seemed destined from birth to have a...

“Refuse God nothing … We must do all through love.” This beautiful advice comes from a woman who gave her heart to serving God’s poor...

Although she lived in medieval times, St. Hildegarde of Bingen could definitely been seen as a “Renaissance woman.” Mystic, herbalist, scientist, composer, brewer, theologian...

In high society of the early 20th century, the Drexel family moved in the same circles as the Biddles, Bouviers and Astors, to name...

It's a fairy-tale story of a princess who fell in love and married the man of her dreams — and who also shunned wealth...

Women of a previous generation will recall hearing the story in Catholic school of St. Agnes of Rome, a model of faith and chastity...

“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” ― St. Catherine of Siena What an amazing quote from...

St. Kateri Tekakwitha, known as “The Lily of the Mohawks,” is part of the early Catholic history of North America in the 17th century....

I hate Lent. I don’t like the color. I’m much more a green and white than a purple and gray type of gal. I don’t like...