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MELANIE RIGNEY is the author of "Woman of Worth: Prayers and Reflections for Women Inspired by the Book of Proverbs" (Twenty-Third Publications, 2019) and a contributor to "Living Faith: Daily Catholic Devotions." She lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Spirituality

Leopold Mandić – feast day is May 12

Melanie Rigney May 10, 2021 0
by Melanie Rigney If you had encountered this Capuchin friar, you might have given him a second glance because of his stature —and then moved on. Other than being just 4 feet, 6 inches tall, there wasn’t much that was noteworthy about…
Faith

Modern Saint: Maria de las Maravillas de Jesus

Melanie Rigney Dec 10, 2020 0
by Melanie Rigney It was a long name for an infant: Maria de las Maravillas Pidal Chico de Guzman. But her mother had a special devotion to Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders, or Marvels) ... and there was, of course,…
Spirituality

Anna Schaeffer: Soldiering on in service

Melanie Rigney Sep 30, 2020 0
by Melanie Rigney Nothing had ever come easy, but Anna Schaeffer was working hard to achieve what she believed was her God-given vocation: life as a missionary. She was the third of six children, born in the small Bavarian town of…
Love Your Neighbor

National Council of Catholic Women – a 100-year anniversary!

Melanie Rigney Aug 22, 2020 0
by Melanie Rigney They gathered on March 4, 1920, in Washington, D.C., 122 voting delegates who represented all but one diocese in the country along with 57 women’s societies. Together, they formed the National Council of Catholic Women…
Spirituality

Katharine Drexel: Saying ‘yes’

Melanie Rigney Mar 3, 2020 0
Katharine Drexel knew what money could do. From the time she was very young, she and her two sisters had helped her beloved stepmother Emma minister to Philadelphia’s needy, opening the family’s home three times a week to people who needed…

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