Virginia Durkin O'Shea, Dialog Staff

Even though she lived more than 1600 years ago, St. Monica faced some of the same problems of today’s women. Her husband had a...

Our sacred churches in the Holy Land might not even exist if it were not for the journeys of one remarkable woman: St. Helena. Helena...

St. Clare of Assisi was one of the first women Franciscans and founder of a worldwide order of contemplative sisters, choosing to leave a...

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...

Kidnapped at age 7. Forced into slavery, sold repeatedly. Walked hundreds of miles barefoot to a slave market. This kind of ordeal should break...

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