Marriage & Family – Vatican II
This excerpt from Gaudium et Spes, Vatican II's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, affirms the sanctity of marriage and the family....
28 December, 2020
/ 6 Comments
Modern
Advent Season – Charles Borromeo
This reflection on the meaning of the Season of Advent, the time of preparation for the Coming of Jesus Christ, is an excerpt of a Pastoral Letter written by St. Charles Borromeo, bishop of Milan, Italy, in the 16th Century....
02 December, 2020
/ 0 Comments
Duty to Evangelize – Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier, Patron Saint of Foreign Missions, was clearly one of the greatest missionaries and evangelists of all time. Though not all of us are called to foreign missions, the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI, and Pope John Paul II remind us forcefully...
01 December, 2020
/ 0 Comments
St Martin de Porres, Apostle of Charity – John XXIII
St. Martin de Porres lessons from his life: excerpts from the homily given by Pope John XXIII on the occasion of his canonization....
03 November, 2020
/ 0 Comments
Message to Fourth World Conference on Women – Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa's message to the Fourth World Conference on Women, sponsored by the United Nations in Beijing in September 1995. The message centers on motherhood, the uniqueness of women, and the centrality love....
14 October, 2020
/ 0 Comments
St Teresa of Avila Selected Quotes
Collection of Quotes from Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish mystic and Doctor of the Catholic Church. Quotes on humility, courage, pain, trials, prayer, knowing ourselves, God's Will and other topics. ...
14 October, 2020
/ 0 Comments
Mother Teresa on Population and Development
Mother Teresa was invited to address the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development on September 9, 1994. What follows is the text of her remarks which centered on the violence of abortion and an appeal to accept the humanity and the precious gift of...
02 October, 2020
/ 0 Comments
My First Communion – Thérèse of Lisieux
Here St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower, tells of the experience of her First Holy Communion which took place on 8th May 1884....
30 September, 2020
/ 0 Comments
St. Therese’s Little Way – Von Balthatsar
This essay opens up the depth of the teaching of Saint Therese on the "little way"! Hans Urs von Balthsar shows just how radical, innovative this little saint is, and yet how traditional and how rooted in the Catholic vision. This book on Therese, just...
26 September, 2020
/ 1 Comment
Saint Peter Claver’s Ministry to Slaves
St. Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit who came to the New World in the early 17th century and dedicated his life as an evangelist and pastor to black slaves and worked at the same time as a tireless advocate on their behalf. His...
31 August, 2020
/ 2 Comments