~The Three Prayers

J. K. Huysmans is a name that figures in literary history as one of the founding figures of Aestheticism – which is almost the opposite o...

It is surprising how many cases of saintly twins there are: Medard and Gildard, Mark and Marcellian, Crispin and Crispinian, Gervase and ...

Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890) is unusual among those who have been formally honored by the Church for their virtue in that he is...

In 1901 Pier Giorgio Frassati was born in Turin into a prominent Italian family. His agnostic father, Alfredo,was influential in politi...

Up until I was at least into my thirties, I had no idea there was a saint with my name, or maybe I have her name. I'm pretty sure m...

This is going to be a very brief, cobbled together, mostly pictorial post about St. Abigail whose real name was Gobnait. As far as I ca...