WILLIAM BERRUYER (c. 1155 – January 10, 1209), of the illustrious French family of the ancient Counts of Nevers, was…
Yearly Archives: 2016
St. Julian and St. Basilissa (early 4th century) though married, lived by mutual consent in perpetual chastity. They sanctified themselves…
CLAUDIUS APOLLINARIS, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was one of the most illustrious prelates of the second age. Notwithstanding…
ST. LUCIAN was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth, he distributed all his worldly…
In 1845, St. Andre Besette was born in Canada, in a small town southwest of Montreal. He was a Holy…
The year just ended will prove to be a significant one for the United Nations. Two much anticipated agreements were…
St. John Neumann was born in Bohemia, 1811. As a young man he traveled to New York and was ordained…
ONE winter’s day, about the year 401, the snow lay thick around Sisan, a little town in Cilicia. A shepherd…
My five year old daughter told me: “Dad, I know what you call stars that draw a picture: consternations.” I…