When Katharine Drexel was born to a wealthy Philadelphia couple in 1858, it was expected that she would someday marry a suitably wealthy husband, inherit a slice of her father’s $400 million estate, and perhaps engage in some quiet and respectable philanthropy....
Times are troubling. That’s not a political statement or thought, just a fact. There seems to be nothing but division, vitriol, spite, anger, and frustration – from every side of every aisle on every topic these days. Whether it’s rallies, Twitter wars, a 24...
Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan friar. 76 years ago, he died as a martyr in Auschwitz. He was well known for his passionate devotion to Our Lady and his love for missionary work. During the war, his monastery was a hiding place for 2,000 Jews. The...
There are some quotes from the saints that just roll off our tongues like well-worn proverbs, like, “I am not afraid, I was born to do this!” (St. Joan of Arc) or “Pray, hope, and don’t worry.” (St. Pio of Pietrelcina). But the saints...
St. Ephrem the Syrian was a master poet, such that the beauty and skill of his Syriac verse is still studied in academic circles. More widely, his poems fill churches throughout the world with his profound, mystical meditations on all aspects of salvation history. St....
