Towards Advent
Late November Saints The saints of these last days of the liturgical year incite us to look beyond the conditions of this present life and...
The Heartless and Pitiless Celibate
The title of this entry comes not from me, but from Saint John Chrysostom’s homily at Matins. He is preaching on the parable of the...
Ballasts in Peter’s storm–tossed bark
Maria Fortunata Viti: A Nearly–Forgotten Benedictine Blessed Today is the feast of a now nearly–forgotten Benedictine Blessed: Maria Fortunata Viti. Back in October 1967, at...
More about the Venerable John Sullivan, S.J. (1861–1933)
The Healing Priest Father John Sullivan, S.J. died in 1933. For countless Irish families his name was synonymous with a prodigious gift of healing and...
Venerable Father John Sullivan, S.J.
Ordained together with Father Willie Doyle, S.J. The Venerable John Sullivan, S.J. went from being a successful Protestant barrister — and the best–dressed man in...