Vultus Christi

For Catherine Mectilde de Bar, the adoration of Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament is not an occasional devotion; it is, rather, the direction...

The Epiphany Conference 1694 Some years ago, I translated  one of Mother Mectilde de Bar’s most important conferences; she gave it on the vigil of...

Painting of the Child Jesus with a crown of flowers by Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) Over forty years ago, when I was taking my first steps...

I have translated some helpful excerpts from Catherine Mectilde de Bar’s correspondence with her dear friend and sometime spiritual director, the saintly layman Jean de...

I know that tomorrow, the last day of the civil year, some of the Oblates of our monastery and many readers of Vultus Christi will...