January 29 marks the feast of St. Gildas, who was a 6th century monk from Brittany. He is venerated in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican traditions. What is fiction and what is fact sometimes becomes blurred in the telling of many saints’ stories from the...
“New year, new you.” This is a common quip we see all over social media at the start of a new year. But what if we make the challenge a bit deeper—not only looking at it in terms of diets, exercise plans, a really good haircut, or home office organization,...
January 3 is the day the Church has designated to celebrate the Holy Name of Jesus and it is still a beautiful tradition to keep in mind and heart as we begin yet another year oriented towards our ultimate good: Jesus! What better way to start the new year than in...
If we prepare our hearts in these beautiful weeks of preparation, then surely the Divine Child will not fail to give us rich graces.”- St. Edith Stein As we prepare to receive the gift of Christ this Christmas, we may find ourselves not really knowing how. We...
There is something about the quiet, still wonder of the Advent and Christmas seasons that inspires some of the most remarkable poetry. We see this in the variety of songs and music of the seasons, as well as the gentle rhyming books that are staples of our tradition...
