So I've been focusing lately on doing more meditative prayer. Each day when I get up I either do 10-15 minutes of meditative prayer or I have a set time in which I will do it. With this particular week I am dropping my kids of for Vacation Bible School every morning so I decided that I would do my meditation in the sanctuary in front of the tabernacle. I decided to use the … [Read more...]
Catholic Places & Pilgrimages
Have you ever wanted to take a Catholic pilgrimage but just don't have the time to take off and travel to Europe for a week? Have you ever had the time to take a pilgrimage but didn't have the money to fly to Rome? Why not consider taking a pilgrimage to a Shrine, Grotto, Abbey, Mission, Monastery, Basilica, or Cathedral near you? We have compiled a list of almost 300 … [Read more...]
St. Pius X
St. Pius X was born Joseph Sarto to a poor village shoemaker and was the oldest of eight. Joseph was ordained with the help of two parish priests and was made assistant to the pastor in a small Italian mountain village. Fr. Sarto was kind and his soul was on fire for God. Fr. Sarto loved to preach about the Blessed Sacrament. Fr. Sarto eventually became Bishop of Mantua and … [Read more...]
St. Patrick
Patrick was born in Scotland in the year 387. At age 16 he was captured by pirates and was sold as a slave to the chief of Ireland. He was made to tend sheep in the mountains where he prayed much. After six years. a voice from heaven told him to go back to his own country and St. Patrick escaped. But first he went to Rome where he became a priest. He was then assigned to … [Read more...]
St. John Bosco
John Bosco was born on a farm near Turin, Italy in 1850. He came from a very poor family. He walked four miles every day to school and was only able to attend for half the year. The rest of the year he worked the fields as a farmer. As he grew older he also worked as a tailor, a baker, a shoemaker, and a carpenter. He was able to work himself through school, college, and … [Read more...]