Saint Alberto Hurtado SJ
“Christ roams through our streets in the person of so many suffering poor, sick, dispossessed and people thrown out of their miserable slums: Christ huddled under bridges, in the person… Read More »Saint Alberto Hurtado SJ
“Christ roams through our streets in the person of so many suffering poor, sick, dispossessed and people thrown out of their miserable slums: Christ huddled under bridges, in the person… Read More »Saint Alberto Hurtado SJ
St Bernard of Clairvaux is a Doctor of the Church and one of the founders of the Cistercian order. He earned a reputation for being able to settle disputes, and… Read More »Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
The feast of the Queenship of Mary was instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1954. Find out more here.
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist."Dome Helder Camara Dom Helder Camara (1909… Read More »1999: Death of Dom Helder Camara
"You have made us and directed us toward yourself and our heart is restless until we rest in you."Confessions 1.1 Saint Augustine was one of the great founders of monasticism… Read More »Saint Augustine of Hippo
From 2020 forward, Social Justice Sunday will be celebrated on the last Sunday of August. Previously it was celebrated on the last Sunday in September. A Long Tradition The celebration… Read More »Social Justice Sunday
"In 1815, Mary Aikenhead, with Alicia Walsh, after completing their novitiate, founded the Religious Sisters of Charity in Ireland. They were the first, so-called Walking Nuns who visited the sick… Read More »1815: Founding of Sisters of Charity by Mary Aikenhead
"Gregory was born about A.D. 540 in Rome, the son of a wealthy senator. Like most of the nobility of his time, he was well educated. But unlike many, he… Read More »Saint Gregory the Great