Confession and the Early Church: 10 Quotes That Show the Real Practice
One of the things I struggled with during the process of converting to Catholicism was confession. All of those standard questions were going through my mind. Why do I have to confess to a man? Why is a priest necessary for God to forgive me? The quick answer is that...
10 Important Reasons Your Next Book Should be a Prayer Book
Growing up in a Polish neighborhood in Dearborn, Michigan, all the Polish grandmothers had prayer books. They could be seen pouring over them before Mass.  Only recently have I become a prayer book sort of person. I do not know why I did not recognize its benefits...
More Than A Finder of Lost Things: 8 Lesser Known Facts About St. Anthony of Padua
As the saying goes, “nothing is truly lost until mom and St. Anthony can’t find it!” Typically depicted as a young friar holding the child Jesus, holding a book, or a lily, and sometimes juggling all three, St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most...
17 Saints to Sanctify Your Summer
Summer is mostly comprised of Ordinary Time, but ordinary time does not have to mean boredom-ary time. There are plenty of Saints with feast days over the summer whom you can befriend. Here are seventeen of them: 1. St. Boniface (June 5) St. Boniface is the patron...