Lough Derg is located on a small island off of Donegal county, Ireland. It is a penitential pilgrimage, and it will rock your world. Lough Derg offers a three-day pilgrimage where pilgrims “let go” of the many luxuries of daily life, and focus on fasting,...
We have all heard of praying a novena. There’s one for nearly every saint and for every dilemma that we face as human beings. Many of us have also heard of the “big one,” the 54-day Rosary novena. This novena seems like a huge challenge to those who...
You don’t have to wait until Holy Week to start meditating on the passion and death of Jesus. In fact, the more you prayerfully reflect on Christ’s sacrifice now, the more fully you’ll be able to enter into Passiontide. If you’re wondering...
Many of us probably remember Mother Angelica from her days on the Catholic channel, which she founded, known as the Eternal Word Television Network, and otherwise known simply as EWTN. If you have never watched anything from Mother Angelica, you can either tune-in to...
With the latest development in the Fulton Sheen Canonization saga, it looks like things might be moving forward for this incredible man’s canonization. I say “might” because we’ve been through this before, and the inability of two bishops to...
It’s not easy letting things go when your pride and ego have been wounded. I don’t know a single person who doesn’t automatically react in a negative way, at least not initially. There are some people who try to cultivate humility by letting things go, whether they...