Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “God’s will is the holiest thing on earth.” Mother Mary Demetrias…
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “I have the courage to become a saint. Only holiness is…
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “One who is committed to the poor must risk the same…
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. St. Joseph’s part in the nativity story is a familiar feature…
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them…
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “. . . that people are more important than things; that…
Neighbor (1928–2003) The formula for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood changed very little from its first broadcast in 1968 until its last in 2001. Invariably it began with Fred Rogers slipping into…
Ursuline, Witness and Advocate (1958–2021) In 1987, Dianna Ortiz, a young Ursuline from New Mexico, joined her sisters in Guatemala, where she taught Mayan children. She was largely unaffected by…
Dominican (ca. 1190–1237) While studying in Paris in 1220, Jordan of Saxony was inspired to put on the habit of the Order of Preachers. His meteoric rise in the order…
Founder, Sisters of St Francis of Perpetual Adoration (1830–1905) Born in Germany to a deeply religious family, Regina Christine Wilhelmine Bonzel felt an early call to religious life. “On the…
