Category: Saints

Blessed Columba Marmion

3 October 2018

A Great Irish Benedictine Today is the feast of a great Irish saint! Born and educated in Dublin, Joseph Marmion served as a curate in...

Thérèse

1 October 2018

Some years ago, as a love offering for the feast of my dear Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, I...

Thérèse and Hope

1 October 2018

About thirty–five years ago, a certain monk was on a quest to deepen his capacity for living the theological virtue of hope. He was battling...

In Thanksgiving to Saint Rita for a Favour Received

19 September 2018

The saints befriend those whom God entrusts to them. Often the saints introduce themselves into one’s life by means of a reference in conversation, the...

Blessed Vladimir Ghika

11 September 2018

A Saint of Our Times Beatified five years ago on 31 august 2013, Vladimir Ghika was born on December 25, 1873 in Constantinople, today’s Istanbul,...

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