June is a month filled with vacations, summer cookouts, and the celebration of Pride Month. While the latter does not define the whole month, reminders of it seemingly are everywhere. While listening to Fighting the Good Fight on Catholic radio a few weeks ago, the...
Although this might be more revealing to the areas in my life where I’m lacking, most of these are common situations we have all encountered at least once—if not weekly—and so I’m turning to the saints and other great Catholics (or almost Catholics) to...
Saint Monica, patron saint of Mothers, Alcoholics, Married Women, and Conversion. August 27th is her feast day, the day before the feast of St. Augustine. Most things that are widely known about her come from St. Augustine’s Confessions, but I was able to...
St. Ignatius of Loyola is said to have been a stubborn debater, eloquent teacher, and loyal friend. From his years of struggling with addictions to writing his Spiritual Exercises, there’s a lot of life advice he has to share. Here’s some practical advise...
Birth Ignatius was born as Ignio (not Ignatius) in the Basque region of Northern Spain, was the youngest of thirteen children. and his mother died when he was seven. He was raised by the wife of a blacksmith. Loyola is the name of the village (and castle) he was born...
