Today we celebrate the feast of the first American citizen to be canonized a saint, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. As a young child, Mother Cabrini wanted to be a missionary  and would dress up her dolls as nuns. When she grew older, she approached Pope Leo XIII who told her to start a new order […]Read more

There are many Eastern Catholic Churches under the Pope in Rome, One such Church is the Ruthenian Catholic Church. Today is the feast of St. Josephat who was a Ruthenian Catholic Bishop. He died on November 12, 1623. He is considered a martyr who died for the cause of Christian Unity.Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Martin of Tours. Lets us pray. Oh God, who are glorified in the Bishop St. Martin, both by his life and death, make new we pray the the wonders of your grace in our hearts that neither life nor death may separate us from you and from your […]Read more

Today we celebrate the feast  Pope St. Leo the Great. He wrote to the fathers of the Council of Chalcedon regarding the Divinity and humanity of Christ: “Abiding before all time, He began to be in time.  Being God, who cannot suffer, He did not disdain to be man that can suffer and immortal as […]Read more

Today we celebrate the anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. This Basilica is the official cathedral of the Pope. Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI was elected, he went to his cathedral to talk about his chair which is there. He explained that this chair is a symbol of […]Read more

The Mass readings for this final month before Advent invite us to consider our preparedness for the coming of Christ, who will come to us not only at the end of the world or at the end of our lives but in the events and people of our lives. The better we recognize Him there, […]Read more

Today is the first Saturday of November, a day to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary and her Immaculate Heart. It is also a time to pray for the deceased. Mary can play a special role in our sorrows, grief and our prayers and suffering because she experienced great sorrow through the death of her son […]Read more

Today is the first Friday in November, a day in which we honor and celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Uniting our deceased loved ones with the Heart of Jesus through our prayers will help them be made perfect and ready to enter everlasting happiness with Jesus in heaven.Read more

This month is dedicated to prayer for people who have died; family and friends and many unknown people who have no one to pray for them. Our Christian hope is that this life is not the only life. This hope leads us to help those who have died, with our prayers so they may soon […]Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Charles Borromeo. He was a model Bishop who worked for the reform of the clergy of his time by establishing good seminaries where priests could be formed not only in Theology but also in holiness.Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Martin de Porres. He came from a very poor upbringing but eventually began to help the local community of Dominican Friars. After nine years, he  became a professed brother, caring for the sick in his community and the poor on the street.Read more

Today is All Souls Day. We should pray for the souls in purgatory so they may soon enjoy everlasting happiness with God in heaven.Read more