by Laura Hensley
Lent is right around the corner. How are you making this year’s penitential season special? Every year, my family comes up with same boring things to give up for Lent. We classically give up biting nails, fighting with family members, or chewing gum. Some of us...
by Theresa Zoe Williams
St. Gabriel Possenti was a young man in training for the priesthood with the Passionists in Italy when he died from tuberculosis at age twenty-four, before he could be ordained. He is patron to youth, clergy, students, and the Province of Abruzzo, Italy, and his feast...
by Laura Ricketts
Jesus promised in Matthew 16:18, “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.” But what exactly does that mean? If one looks throughout the history of the church it becomes obvious that...
by Melissa Guerrero
Oh no you almost forgot about Lent or a little bit late in planning. Don’t worry, EpicPew has you covered. In the “olden days,” we would currently be at the beginning of Septuagesima, the pre-Lenten period of voluntary penance that would help us get ready for...
by Alex R. Hey
One of the best things God ever created is the dog. It is the opinion (NOTE: I SAID OPINION AND NOT DOGMATIC TEACHING OF THE CHURCH. DON’T COME @ ME BRO) of this EpicPew writer that dogs were given a special purpose by God––to reflect God’s love....
by Mike P
February 22 is the Feast Day of St. Peter’s Chair in Rome. Here are some facts on the real, physical chair which is located inside the Vatican. Magisterial authority The Gospel of Matthew states at 23:2-3 that, “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat on...
