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July 2020

July 09, 2020
Veronica (her birth name was Ursula) was a Capuchin Poor Clares nun known for her...
July 08, 2020
Killian was an Irish monk. He was made bishop and then went to Rome with...
July 07, 2020
Felix was a bit of an oddity as far as priests go– he was married!...
July 06, 2020
Dominica is another Christian who lived during the early days of Emperor Diocletian's reign and...
July 06, 2020
Brian Fraga of On the Catholic Beat writes today: "We see God’s truth, goodness and beauty...
July 05, 2020
This is not the St. Zoe I took as my Confirmation saint (and from where...
July 04, 2020
Elizabeth was a Spanish princess who married King Denis of Portugal at the age of...
July 03, 2020
Good ol' doubting Thomas. That's what he's most famous for, doubting the other apostles when...
July 02, 2020
Blessed Eugenia was a French nun. She was born in 1876 to a devout family and...
July 01, 2020
Junipero Serra was a Franciscan missionary. He took over the Jesuit missions in Mexico when...

June 2020

June 15, 2020
This is the first in what I intend to be a series on the lessons...

May 2020

May 04, 2020
Death. Sometimes we see our loved ones suffering and just want it to be over...

April 2020

April 12, 2020
He is risen! Alleluia! May this day and season be blessed and bountiful for you...
April 10, 2020
  Death has been knocking on our doors a lot lately.   Personally, it seems...
April 02, 2020
Tomie dePaola passed away yesterday. He was a renowned author and illustrator of many, many...

December 2019

December 30, 2019
This time last year, I used Jen Fulwiler's Word of the Year Generator to pick...

July 2019

July 15, 2019
I planned on writing a review or at least a post after every episode of...
July 08, 2019
I first heard about St. Maria Goretti when I was in eighth grade at a...

May 2019

May 08, 2019
I've seen a lot of death in my life. I had gone to three funerals...

April 2019

April 20, 2019
Everything was dead. There wasn't much grass nor many weeds or flowers, just gravel and...
April 19, 2019
Notre-Dame was burning. It was an awful sight. Flames peeling towards the sky. Smoke billowing...
April 18, 2019
The first Passover was a terrifying night. God promised His people that if they did...
April 15, 2019
Warning! There are some spoilers for the season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones. Nothing major...
April 14, 2019
Today's post was written by guest contributor Jon Paul Siskey, Jr.   Palm Sunday is upon...

March 2019

March 27, 2019
  Motherhood and Pregnancy are a choice, an act. Often, pregnancy is viewed just as...
March 13, 2019
The first dream I remember having occurred when I was four years old I slept on the bottom...

February 2019

February 19, 2019
Head on over to Tea with Tolkien today and take a listen to her latest...
February 13, 2019
Death to Me Back to the way it was No worries or cares, just dreams...
February 12, 2019
"I am all the family you need." I was seventeen when I heard that phrase...

January 2019

January 30, 2019
When my mom had breast cancer for the third time, when I was 16, I...
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