... And what was her most extraordinary gift, anyway? Father Dan Cambra, MIC, introduces us to St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617), a powerful intercessor in Heaven and first saint of the Americas.
Part 10: In this 10th entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole examines the contributions of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and lays out God's plan for answering the spiritual darkness and sin of modern times.
Part 9: In this ninth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shares some of the private revelations given to St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302) on the power and the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Virgin Mary’s Assumption into Heaven, a Solemnity we observe on Aug. 15, is a sure sign and reminder to us of what we ultimately hope for as Christians: the reunification of our physical bodies with our spiritual souls upon the general Resurrection.
The perpetual profession of vows, also known as making perpetual or final vows, is the last step in joining a religious congregation. Two Marian brothers will take that “last step” on Sat., Aug. 13 with the Marians: Br. Jason Lewis, MIC, and Br. Ruben Veloz, MIC.
As we look forward to celebrating the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven on Aug. 15, I wish to share a witticism I once read regarding Mary’s Assumption. The reason Mary was assumed, body and soul, into Heaven was because she always took herself so lightly.
Part 8: In this eighth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows how explicit devotion to the Sacred Heart spread throughout the cloisters, monasteries, and friaries of the Catholic world.
In the midst of one of the most anti-clerical movements in the history of the West, God lifted up a lowly and unlearned peasant to become who we now know as the patron saint of priests.
We are called to patriotism, to love of country, of culture, of people, even as we also love our neighbors in other countries, other nations, and other peoples.
Effective July 29, Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, succeeds Fr. Kazimierz Chwalek, MIC, as Provincial Superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province in the United States, which is headquartered at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy.
Part 7: In this seventh entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows that the sorrows of the Heart of Jesus are only half the story. The other half is something we all too often overlook: the joys of the Sacred Heart.