Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Story Mother Seton is one of the keystones of the American Catholic Church. She founded the first American...

The Story of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Although Saint Paul might claim credit for promoting devotion to the Holy Name because Paul...

Saint Basil the Great’s Story Basil was on his way to becoming a famous teacher when he decided to begin a religious life of gospel...

The Story of Mary, Mother of God Mary’s divine motherhood broadens the Christmas spotlight. Mary has an important role to play in the...

Saint Sylvester I’s Story When you think of this pope, you think of the Edict of Milan, the emergence of the Church from the catacombs,...

Saint Egwin’s Story You say you’re not familiar with today’s saint? Chances are you aren’t—unless you’re especially informed about...

Saint Thomas Becket’s Story A strong man who wavered for a moment, but then learned one cannot come to terms with evil, and so became a...

The Story of the Holy Innocents Herod “the Great,” king of Judea, was unpopular with his people because of his connections with the...

Saint John the Evangelist’s Story It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very...

Saint Stephen’s Story “As the number of disciples continued to grow, the Greek-speaking Christians complained against the Hebrew-speaking...

The Story of the Nativity of the Lord On this day, the Church focuses especially on the newborn Child, God become human, who embodies for...

The Story of Christmas at Greccio What better way to prepare for the arrival of the Christ Child than to take a brief journey to Greccio,...

Saint John of Kanty’s Story John was a country lad who made good in the big city and the big university of Kraków, Poland. After...

Jacopone da Todi’s Story Jacomo or James, was born a noble member of the Benedetti family in the northern Italian city of Todi. He became...

Saint Peter Canisius’ Story The energetic life of Peter Canisius should demolish any stereotypes we may have of the life of a saint as...

Saint Dominic of Silos’ Story It’s not the founder of the Dominicans we honor today, but there’s a poignant story that connects both...

Blessed Urban V’s Story In 1362, the man elected pope declined the office. When the cardinals could not find another person among them...

Blessed Anthony Grassi’s Story Anthony’s father died when his son was only 10 years old, but the young lad inherited his father’s...

Saint Hildegard of Bingen’s Story Abbess, artist, author, composer, mystic, pharmacist, poet, preacher, theologian—where to begin in...

Blessed Honoratus Kozminski’s Story Wenceslaus Kozminski was born in Biala Podlaska in 1829. By the age of 11 he had lost his faith. By...