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St. Patrick

St. Patrick

The patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick (389?-461) was born near the west coast...

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St. Julian, Martyr

St. Julian, Martyr

Julian was born in Anazarbus, Cilicia (modern Turkey) sometime in the third century....

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Into The Wilderness: The St. Jogues Seminarian Project

Into The Wilderness: The St. Jogues Seminarian Project

Trekking through the foothills of the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming, a group of...

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The Spiritual Appeal of Cherries

The Spiritual Appeal of Cherries

Launching this year on March 20 in Washington, D.C., the National Cherry Blossom...

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St. Cyril of Jerusalem

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

St. Cyril (315?-386) was born of a Christian family in Jerusalem, where he received...

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Embracing Healing and Hope in the Church

Embracing Healing and Hope in the Church

In pondering the timeless words of scripture, “What man among you having a hundred...

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Is Marriage a Joke?

Is Marriage a Joke?

We know, of course, that marriage, the most intimate, beautiful, and enduring relationship...

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St. Roderick

St. Roderick

Roderick (sometimes known as Ruderic or Rodriguez) lived in Spain during the ninth...

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The Healing Strength of Mary’s Stillness & Silence at Calvary

The Healing Strength of Mary’s Stillness & Silence at Calvary

Be still: the stillness and the silence of Mary are the signs not of defeat but...

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St. Matilda

St. Matilda

Matilda, also sometimes known as Maude, was born around 895. Her father was Count...

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Did Pope Leo III Save the Church?

Did Pope Leo III Save the Church?

On Christmas Day of 800, in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Charlemagne (742-814),...

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Pope Saint Zachary

Pope Saint Zachary

Zachary was born in Calabria to a Greek family in the eighth century. It is thought...

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By Summer, Two New Abortion Rulings

By Summer, Two New Abortion Rulings

Come right down to it, the argument is simple to the point of being self-evident:...

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Cabrini: Feminist Social Justice Warrior or Catholic Saint?

Cabrini: Feminist Social Justice Warrior or Catholic Saint?

I rarely go to movies anymore, but last year I saw the teaser trailer for the movie...

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The Bachall Isu—The Crozier of St. Patrick

The Bachall Isu—The Crozier of St. Patrick

Of all the relics bequeathed to us by Ireland’s catalogue of saints, the greatest...

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My Hour Has Come: The Fifth Sunday of Lent

My Hour Has Come: The Fifth Sunday of Lent

In our Gospel, some Greeks who had come to Jerusalem to worship at Passover asked...

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St. Conrad of Piacenza

St. Conrad of Piacenza

Conrad was a member of one of the most noble families of Piacenza. He married while...

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Praying to the Saints with Aquinas

Praying to the Saints with Aquinas

Throughout his theological career, Saint Thomas Aquinas named six reasons why people...

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St. Eucherius

St. Eucherius

Eucherius was born in the fourth century. Upon the death of his wife he entered...

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Cultivate the Right Attitude to Sin this Lent

Cultivate the Right Attitude to Sin this Lent

I had concluded Holy Mass in a parish and was rushing for my next engagement when...