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Friday, October 10, 2025

Celebrating Saints: Francisco and Jacinta Marto—February 20th

PATRICIA MATHSON One day three children were watching their family’s sheep in Fatima, Portugal. Francisco Marto was 9 years old; his sister Jacinta was 7,...

Updates on Future Saint Canonizations and Beatifications including Fr. Michael McGivney from the U.S.

Vatican News reported this past spring, the causes for the three saints were moved toward canonization by Pope Francis and the Congregation for the...

Go To Joseph

Devotion to St. Joseph in Times of Crisis JAMES BLANKENSHIP When all the land of Egypt became hungry and the people cried to Pharaoh for food,...

Celebrate St. Nicholas by Serving Others

CONNIE CLARK At the start of Advent, tell your students the story of St. Nicholas. Organize simple service projects as a memorable tradition for every...

Nicholas Black Elk, Catechist: cause for canonization opened

At their annual meeting, the USCCB voted to open the cause for canonization for Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakotan medicine-man whose conversion led him...

St. Martin of Tours – November 11

BY PATRICIA MATHSON FEAST DAY: NOVEMBER 11 Martin was a caring and compassionate person. One day he was riding his horse when he saw a beggar...

Celebrating Saints … St. Marie of the Incarnation

by Patricia Mathson CLICK HERE for a pdf about St. Marie of the Incarnation and some of the other feast days in April and...

Feasts and Saints of the Easter Season

by Kate Ristow This is one of those rare years when the celebration of Easter is so early — March 27 — that many...

Celebrating Saints … St. Dominic Savio

by Patricia Mathson CLICK HERE for a pdf about St. Dominic Savio and some of the other feast days in March. Copyright 2016, Bayard,...

Celebrating Saints … Therese Couderc

by Patricia Mathson CLICK HERE for a pdf about Therese Couderc and some of the other feast days in September.   Copyright 2016, Bayard, Inc. All...