Walk into any Catholic Church and you will see candles everywhere. On the altar, in front of icons, close to the Tabernacle. We see them in Advent wreaths and at Baptisms. What is the meaning behind all of these candles? Let’s find out. Light of the World From...
Using YouTube to get to know the saints is a fantastic way to meet them on their feast day (or any day!). Especially if you are just starting your library on the saints or can’t order in a book on time. You can find music, pictures, quotes and a bio of their...
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,...
G.K. Chesterton is one of my favorite authors. One of the reasons for this is because he so quotable. There seem to be no end to the application of his sayings, still. Here, in no particular order, are my 20 favorite G.K. Chesterton quotes. 1. “Poets have been...
If you’ve spent any time online recently, you may have noticed that Pope Francis has proclaimed the “Year of Saint Joseph”, December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021. The dedication was made in honor of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Saint Joseph as the...
