Pilgrimage to Manoppello: The Holy Face
I am profoundly grateful to Mother M. Clare Millea, A.S.C.J. for making possible a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Holy Face of Jesus at...
The Human Face of Divine Mercy
The painting (1488) is by Bartolomeo di Giovanni and was commissioned for the Hospital of the Innocents in Florence. The six-sided altar at the centre...
2 February, The Presentation of the Lord
Malachy 3:1-4 Psalm 23: 7, 8, 9, 10 Hebrews 2: 14-18 Luke 2: 22-40 Susception Day “We receive, O God, your mercy, in the midst...
The Reign of the Bambino
It is customary in Rome, and elsewhere in Italy, to keep the presepe (Nativity scene) up until the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord...
Marcella: The Glory of the Ladies of Rome
Today is not only the feast of Saint John Bosco, the gentle spiritual father of countless children and young people, it is also the feast...