Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, 1601-1680; ordained a priest at 24, and became a parish missionary; John founded a new community, ultimately called the Eudists—the Congregation of Jesus and Mary–devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting diocesan seminaries; in his parish mission work, John […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Helena; mother of Constantine the Great; traveled to the Holy Places in the Middle East in 326-328, and found three crosses; she had a woman who was near death place her hand on all three crosses; nothing happened with the first two; […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; as a young woman, she joined aconvent of Franciscan tertiaries; her sister Joan was the abbess, and when she died, Clare succeeded her; she led an austere life, devoted to the Passion of Christ, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/16/26 Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/26 Gospel: Luke 11:27-28 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; he was ordained at the age of 24; in 1917, he formed an association called the Militia Immaculata, which started producing faith periodicals; it grew into a publishing house of 650 friars; in 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested and placed […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Pontian was Bishop of Rome from 230 – 236 A.D.; St. Hippolytus, a prominent theologian, was a theological opponent and rival of several of Pontian’s predecessors and of Pontian himself; when Maximinus I became emperor in 235, . he banished […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; when she became a widow, she took a vow of chastity, and in 1604 began seeking spiritual direction from St. Francis de Sales; in 1610, they formed the Congregation of the Visitation, unique in that it admitted women […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Clare, 1194-1253; Clare heard Saint Francis of Assisi preach and it ignited in her a desire to follow Christ in a similar way; Saint Francis took Saint Clare to San Paolo and placed her in the care of Benedictine nuns; her sister joined her […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr, 225-258 Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/26 Gospel: John 12:24-26 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/9/26 Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221; Dominic studied arts and theology at the University of Palencia; he was appointed a canon regular of the Cathedral of Osma, ordained, and made prior in 1201; in diplomatic service to his bishop, he traveled across the Pyrenees to southern France several […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more