We don’t have any written record of anything the St. Joseph said. Sure, there have been visions of St. Joseph to certain seers over the past few millennia, but those are private revelations and the faithful do not have to believe them. I like to think that Joe...
Catholics have always had a healthy relationship with sporting events and since the 19th century even popes have been supportive and outspoken on the benefit of sporting to people. (For an interesting article on the matter, click here.) Pope Francis also recently...
If we don’t know where we came from and who went before us, we feel lost and end up seemingly drifting in the wind wherever it takes us. We need a foundation, on a “Rock”, or at least on a steady barque, in order to make it through the storms of the...
Finding out something that you might not have known is always a fascinating and illuminating experience. Things that you may take for granted have a nifty back story or custom/tradition that dropped it into the collective consciousness. As a budding historian, I have...
Epic Author and PhD student at Catholic University of America Matt Vander Vennet had the great privilege of attending the canonization mass of St. Junipero Serra. Â Here is his photo blog of the occasion. After a brief 1 hour and 10 minute Metro ride, I arrived...
