In this masterful exploration through the Scriptures of the Resurrection, Megan McKenna helps us know each of the Gospel writers, understand the world they lived in, grasp the unique aspects of their Resurrection accounts, and see the connections these accounts…
Category: Saints
Catholic Cuisine Blog
Catholic Cuisine is a blog filled with recipes for celebrating feasts and seasons of the liturgical year. Cookbooks, aprons and other gifts, and many recipes with a bit of history about the feast and the recipe are included in this…
St. Hildegard of Bingen
St. Hildegard of Bingen lived in the 12th century. A remarkable woman, she founded a Benedictine convent, served as abbess of her community, studied medicine and physiology, including the use of medicinal herbs, composed and played hauntingly beautiful religious music,…
American Catholic – A Roman Catholic Church site from the Franciscans
Catholic portal; news, education, spiritual growth. AmericanCatholic.org, home of the online editions of St. Anthony Messenger, Catholic Update, Millennium Monthly, Youth Update, Scripture From Scratch and other Catholic features, is a service of St. Anthony Messenger Press and Franciscan Communications,…
Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Welcome to the new Christian Classics Ethereal Library! The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use. Find it here. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
All Souls Day – The Mystery of Transition
According to Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican teaching, the communion of saints is made up of the faithful on earth (the church militant), the saints in purgatory (the church penitent) and the saints in heaven (the church triumphant). November 2, All…
African Saints, African Stories: 40 Holy Men and Women, by Camille Lewis Brown
This celebration of Africa’s best-known woman theologian explores issues of greatest importance for African women, and of interest to women everywhere. The book begins by first describing the particular contributions Mercy Oduyoye, first woman to serve as Deputy General of…
A Soldier Surrenders: The Conversion Story of Saint Camillus De Lellis, a book by Susan Peek
This is the story of the dramatic conversion and inspiring goodness of the soldier Camillus de Lellis who lived in the late 1500’s, and became the founder of the religious order known then as “Ministers of the Sick”, and today…
St. Dominic’s Insight and Evangelization Today
St. Dominic’s insight that the Gospel must be taught both with words and through the lives of the ones proclaiming it in the contemporary world with all of its challenges holds as true today as it did some eight hundred…
Feast of the Visitation: Celebrating Blessings Hidden Within
The Feast of the Visitation is a celebration of the meeting of Mary with her cousin Elizabeth when both women are expecting their firstborn children. Mary’s song of praise is sung or recited daily as part of Evening Prayer in…
