Is Mary of Magdala the Patron Saint of Alcoholics?
For those who are alcoholics and for their families, rum and all its siblings are truly “demons” which take over the minds, consciences, and very lives of those they possess.
We Believe: The Church Makes the Saints
I have been carried by the communal faith of the Church when my heart has been cold or numb.
Saints with a Capital S
Our heroes are the saints — from the well-known, like St. Mary the Virgin or St. Francis, to the more obscure, like St. Sebastian or St. Lucy.
‘Given to the Glory of God’: Dedicatory Plaques and the Communion of Saints
We have all received the faith from those who’ve gone before, and we are all charged with the sacred trust of passing it along, entire and intact, to those who will come after us.
Charles the Martyr: What to Read?
Many sources offer background material for understanding the cult of Charles I, King and Martyr.
10 Weird Facts about the Saints
Even the weirdest saint is someone close to God, which is ultimately where we are all called to be.
Why we need the saints
I was rescued by a saint — Saint Francis of Assisi, to be specific — a saint who has saved many damaged souls before me and will yet save many more to come.
Julian of Norwich, patron saint of the anxious
"All things shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well" is not Julian’s blithe assertion, but a statement Christ presents to her as fact. Her first response is to ask, incredulously, “How?”