Saints for Today: Ephrem, Deacon & Doctor of the Church (306-373)
Ephrem was largely responsible for demonstrating that poetry and hymns could be a mode of theological discourse.
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Saints for Today: Dymphna, Martyr (7th C. AD)
The king unleashed his own sword and cut off the head of his own beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter.
“Humanae Vitae” More Pertinent than Ever: Pope Paul VI’s prophetic encyclical reconsidered
The goodness of family and marriage is written on our hearts; everyone longs for family and intimacy.
Saints for Today: Marie Alphonsine, Religious (1843-1927)
Sister Marie was an outstanding catechist and educator and a tireless apostle.
Saints for Today: John of the Cross, Priest (1654-1734)
Some of the many miracles ascribed to him include levitation and levitation of his walking stick, apparently witnessed by a church full of people.
Saints for Today: Walburga, Abbess (710-779)
Walburga’s bones began to secrete a manna called “pearls,” a clear, tasteless and odorless liquid described as resembling fresh water and said to have great medicinal powers.
Saints for Today: Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon & Martyr (d. 304)
Vincent gave courageous witness to the Christian faith during the general persecution by the emperor Diocletian.
Saints for Today: Fabian, Pope & Martyr (d. 250)
Fabian was a layman who happened to be elected Pope after a dove alighted on his head.
Saints for Today: Hilary of Poitiers, Father and Doctor of the Church (315-368)
Twenty-first-century readers may lift an eyebrow when they learn that Hilary, a married man with a daughter, was acclaimed bishop of Poitiers, France, in 353.
Saints for Today: Thomas Becket, Archbishop & Martyr (1118-1170)
The inspiration behind Geoffrey Chaucer’s epic medieval poem “Canterbury Tales” was Becket’s martyrdom, a horrific incident that turned Canterbury Cathedral into one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in Europe.