Saint John Bosco’s Story John Bosco’s theory of education could well be used in today’s schools. It was a preventive system, rejecting corporal punishment and placing students in surroundings removed from the likelihood of committing sin. He advocated frequent reception of the sacraments of Penance […]
Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska’s Story Today we honor a woman who submitted to God’s will throughout her life—a life filled with pain and suffering. Born in 1825 in central Poland and baptized Sophia, she contracted tuberculosis as a young girl. The forced period of convalescence […]
Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. First reading Hebrews 10:32-39 We are the sort who keep faithful Remember all the sufferings that you had to meet after you received the light, in earlier days; sometimes by being yourselves publicly exposed to insults and violence, and […]
Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Story By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic […]
Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. These are the readings for the feria First reading Hebrews 10:19-25 Let us keep firm in the hope we profess Through the blood of Jesus we have the right to enter the sanctuary, by a new way which he […]
Saint Angela Merici’s Story Angela has the double distinction of founding the first teaching congregation of women in the Church and what is now called a “secular institute” of religious women. As a young woman, she became a member of the Third Order of Saint […]
Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. First reading Hebrews 10:11-18 Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying All the priests stand at their duties every day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices which are quite incapable of taking sins […]
Saints Timothy and Titus’ Story What we know from the New Testament of Timothy’s life makes it sound like that of a modern harried bishop. He had the honor of being a fellow apostle with Paul, both sharing the privilege of preaching the gospel and […]
Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. These are the readings for the feria The following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings. First reading 2 Timothy 1:1-8 Fan into a flame […]
Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. These are the readings for the feria The following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings. First reading 2 Timothy 1:1-8 Fan into a flame […]