Tag: Lent

Today is the feast of the Annunciation, the moment when the angel Gabriel brought very important and unexpected news to Mary. However, this isn't...

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Google "Blessed Mother medal," and the suggestions you find will most likely all be the same: the Miraculous Medal. This beautiful representation of Mary...

When I was 17 years old, I bumped into a bush and lodged a thorn in my elbow muscle. I pulled the thorn out,...

You may have heard it said that St. Dymphna is the patron saint of the "insane." But did you know the tragic circumstances that...

Anyone who has seen the classic movie "Song of Bernadette," will remember the dramatic conflict when church authorities did not believe the poor peasant...

With her auspicious beginnings in protestant early America, one would never suspect that Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton would become the founder of a religious...

With no public Masses available in-person, the editor wanted to provide a Sunday homily for readers. So he reached into the branches of his...

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...

WASHINGTON — This Lent is one for the record books. Parish fish fries, prayer services, Stations of the Cross, and daily and Sunday Masses are...