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We named our second daughter Josephina Clare, after many strong women: St. Clare of Assisi, Jo from Little Women, my beloved Aunt Debbie...

The stories of Saint Lucy paint a picture of a young girl with unwavering faith and devotion. In Sicily at the time of Emperor...

The vibrant colors and varied faces of a Diego Rivera mural provided the background to the story of Saint Juan Digeo and Our Lady of...

If your family was anything like mine, St. Nicholas Day was a big deal. We left our shoes out on the eve of his feast day, we would...

If there was a patron saint of partying, St. Margaret of Scotland should be it. As Queen of Scotland, she used her court and influence to...

Bold, compassionate, and indomitable. This is how I would describe Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American citizen made a saint...

Not being raised Catholic, my understanding of saints was murky at best. I knew they were people whose lives honored God, whose faith...

Today's Readings This week Erika dives into the book of Revelation for the Solemnity of Saints. She explores John's vision of the...

As a little girl, I was a bit of an odd child. I had a slight fascination with Mother Teresa. One of my earliest memories of playing at...

I was first introduced to the Peruvian saints by a Sister of Bon Secours, Hermana Amabelia. My husband and I were in Peru to provide...

Looking back on my earliest school years, I recall well a few bouts of serious separation anxiety. Despite my love of learning and my...

Bernadette Soubirous suffered from asthma; she spent her life struggling to breathe. When I was reflecting on the life of this saint,...

...Who has spoken through the prophets... One of the things that I love most about the Christian tradition is that there have been many...

The first time I visited Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Shrine in Mexico I was 18 – that was almost thirty years ago. I’m not even sure how many...

Do you like to help? One of my favorite things in life is to help. I love to help. I love it when others offer to help. St. Catherine...

Picture it: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1999. A remarkably tall 6th-grader clad in a navy blue plaid jumper and sky blue short-sleeved...

…born of the Father before all ages… In theology there is a distinction between low Christology and high Christology. For the average...

Towards the end of my graduate program, I had a requirement to fill and I chose to fill it with a course on Women and Christian...

Perhaps like me, you are always searching for glimpses of hope, of joy, of belief that point to the Divine Presence in the ordinary days....

In my kitchen, on a painted chalkboard wall high above the counter there is a quote: “Welcome all as Christ”. I wrote it high up on the...