Virginia Durkin O'Shea, Dialog Staff

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...

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...

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...

Like the pooka and the kelpie, St. Brigid of Kildare may have been a mythical Celtic creature -- or she may be one of...

She spent most of her life in an area of France less than 50 miles big. She lived in cloister, devoting her time to...

More than 300 years ago, the daughter of a rich and connected French family became the founder of a religious order that focused on...

Gianna Beretta Molla was a model of the successful twentieth century woman: She had an advanced degree and was a working mother. She loved...

Most Catholics have heard of Father Damien of Molokai and his work with the lepers in Hawaii. But did you also know about his...