The Bee-attitudes
Patron Saints of Beekeeping The third Sunday in August is celebrated as National Honey Bee Day in the United States. Honeybees have become more or less a darling of conservationist...
RETURN Series // Gathering To Spread the Good News
“Go, and announce the Gospel of the Lord!” More often than not, this is how we are sent forth from Mass. A friend of ours says jokingly that a better...
RETURN Series // The Tennis Match
On the surface, the Parable of the Prodigal Son is a story of returning. Dig a little deeper and you will be captivated by the beautiful illustration of the nature...
Allow God To Surprise You
One of the most insightful questions anyone has ever asked me was this: to which Person of the Trinity do you most frequently turn? Let that question sink in for...
Saint Damien of Molokai
Leprosy has a long history in Scripture and beyond. If you are familiar with the story of Jesus’ encounter with the leper (Luke 5:12-16), or the story of the ten...
Saint Teresa of the Andes
Both my family and my husband’s family have long-depended upon the intercession of ‘the Theresas.’ My dad and his siblings all attended Saint Thérèse grade school. My husband’s family lineage...
Saint Brigid of Ireland // The Mary of the Gael
Being both Irish and Catholic, it was no surprise to receive a Saint Brigid’s cross from an aunt’s trip to Ireland, on the occasion of our second daughter’s birth. While...
Saint Francis de Sales // A Scholar and Gentleman
“The measure of love is to love without measure.”// Francis de Sales Whenever the opportunity avails itself and I find a young man holding open a door for me, or...
Saint Martin the Merciful
Whenever I pack to go camping, it’s inevitable that I will find myself asking the same question. Generally between stops at the store, and cramming sleeping bags, tents, cookware, rain...
The Synod on Synodality (+ Ways to Pray)
Confused about the current "Synod on Synodality" you have seen in your parish bulletin and maybe heard about in passing? Synodality is what God expects of the Church in the...
BIS Reviews // Fr. Stu
For all of the causes for concern that are splashed across our screens day after day, I have noticed a trend that is heartening. Over the past several years, entertainment...
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross + the Feminine Genius
As the process of selecting Confirmation Saints looms near at our house once again, I find myself doing a lot of name-dropping in case anyone is looking for inspiration related...
