Modeling Our Lives After St. Gerard Majella

Modeling Our Lives After St. Gerard Majella

By Susan Ciancio We often pray to discern the will of God, but do we teach our children to do so? Today is the Feast of St. Gerard Majella—a wonderful saint who is a model of obedience, virtue, and piety. His life is a great example for us and our children of how to...
Mary’s Assumption into Heaven

Mary’s Assumption into Heaven

In 1950, Pope Pius XII wrote Munificentissimus Deus—an apostolic constitution that defined the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. The Holy Father stated: “By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we...
Celebrating Sibling Saints: Jacinta and Francisco Marto

Celebrating Sibling Saints: Jacinta and Francisco Marto

By Susan Ciancio and Catherine Daub “Why doesn’t Our Blessed Lady show hell to sinners? If they could see it, they would never commit any more sins.” – Jacinta Marto On May 13, 1917, three Portuguese children who lived near a town called Fatima were blessed with the...