Virginia Durkin O'Shea, Dialog Staff
Our Lenten Journey, March 8: Clare of Assisi
St. Clare of Assisi was one of the first women Franciscans and founder of a worldwide order of contemplative sisters, choosing to leave a...
Our Lenten Journey, March 7: Perpetua and Felicity
St. Perpetua, a noblewoman, and St. Felicity, a slave, were bound together in death when they were executed for the crime of being Christian...
Our Lenten Journey, March 6: Teresa of Avila
Born in an era between the voyages of Columbus and the Protestant Reformation, St. Teresa of Avila seemed destined from birth to have a...
Our Lenten Journey, March 5: St. Jeanne Jugan
“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...
Our Lenten Journey, March 4: St. Hildegard
Although she lived in medieval times, St. Hildegarde of Bingen could definitely been seen as a “Renaissance woman.” Mystic, herbalist, scientist, composer, brewer, theologian...
Our Lenten Journey, March 3: St. Katharine Drexel
In high society of the early 20th century, the Drexel family moved in the same circles as the Biddles, Bouviers and Astors, to name...
Our Lenten Journey, March 2: St. Josephine Bakhita
Kidnapped at age 7. Forced into slavery, sold repeatedly. Walked hundreds of miles barefoot to a slave market. This kind of ordeal should break...
Our Lenten Journey, Feb. 29: St. Agnes
Women of a previous generation will recall hearing the story in Catholic school of St. Agnes of Rome, a model of faith and chastity...
Our Lenten Journey, Feb. 28: St. Catherine of Siena
“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” ― St. Catherine of Siena
What an amazing quote from...
Our Lenten Journey, Feb. 27: St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, known as “The Lily of the Mohawks,” is part of the early Catholic history of North America in the 17th century....