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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, first American saint
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917) was an Italian-American religious sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She is the patron saint of immigrants. In honor of her feast day on Nov. 13, here are five…
Praying with the Jesuits
In the mid 1960s, a French Jesuit named Joseph de Guibert offered a charming analogy about spirituality, first made in the Middle Ages. A spirituality is like a bridge, he said. Every bridge does pretty much the same thing: It gets you from…
All Saints’ Day
All Saints' Day Feast Day: Nov. 1 The Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints to honor the belief that every saint, known and unknown, is now with God. By acknowledging them and their lives, the Church is also recognizing the idea…
5 things each to know about St. Simon and St. Jude, apostles
The Church celebrates the Feast of Sts. Simon and Judes, Apostles, on Oct. 28. Here are five things to know about each of these men. St. Jude Jude is also called Thaddeus (see Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18). Jude is not the same person as Judas…
Planting a Rosary Garden
The Rosary is one of the more familiar devotionals associated with the Catholic faith. It sets forth the entire life of Christ and the unwavering devotion of his holy mother Mary. The word rosary comes from the Latin word rosarium,…
The friendship of St. Dominic, St. Francis of Assisi, and their orders
For this feast day of St. Dominic, Catholic Digest reached out to both a Dominican friar and Franciscan friar to ask them both about a unique tradition. Each year, on the feast days of the respective saints of their orders (St. Dominic on…
Who are the angels?
What does the Bible really tell us?
St. John of Ávila—Christ tells us that if we are to join him, we shall travel the way he took…
Christ tells us that if we are to join him, we shall travel the way he took. It is surely not right that the Son of God should go his way on the path of shame while the sons of men walk the way of worldly honor. — St. John of Ávila
Does prayer work?
What happens when we pray for a sick person to recover, and they don't? Every Saturday it was the same. We’d pile into the car, my mom and dad, my brother and sister and I, and off we’d go to visit my grandmother. I was 9, and the visits,…
Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Readings: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 Psalms 19:2-3, 4-5 Matthew 9:9-13
