In his fifth Turning Points feature, Russell Shaw explores the life of St. Benedict Joseph Labre. He was born in a town in northern France on March 25, 1748, the eldest of 15 children of ...
Catholics and people worldwide associate St. Valentine’s feast day on Feb. 14 with love and romance. In her most recent article, Katie Yoder, contributing editor for Our Sunday Visitor, shares five married couples who are ...
In a new essay, Sara Perla addresses the worrying numbers of young people leaving the Catholic Church and what parents can do about it. She writes: “Everyone knows (I think!) that parents have the primary ...
As we journey through Lent, Benedictine Abbot Austin G. Murphy probes the question, “How is my Lent going?” He offers four ways in which self-denial can spiritually benefit us, along with some thoughts after each ...
As David Werning continues his Church documents’ series, this month he writes on Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, with a message "to call forth in the world renewed energy and commitment in ...
On Jan. 28, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th-century Dominican priest who is known as one of history’s greatest theologians. To mark his feast, the staff at Our Sunday Visitor ...
In his fourth Turning Points feature, Russell Shaw explores the life of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits: “Jesuits established schools, had important roles in the Council of Trent, wrote ...
Dr. Daria Spezzano writes that the Christmas light of the Word made flesh shines again in the darkness of winter on Feb. 2, when the Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of Jesus. Since ...
During the liturgical celebration of Epiphany, you might hear a deacon (or a priest) sing the Epiphany chant, which proclaims the dates of the Church’s movable feast days — such as Ash Wednesday, Easter, Pentecost ...
Deep in the pre-dawn dark of December 31, the nurse attending Benedict XVI’s bedside heard him utter a soft and clear sentence: “Signore ti amo!” — Lord, I love you. They would be his last ...
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