Holy Friends: 4 Saints to Turn to This All Saints’ Day
As a convert to Catholicism, I’ve found that the veneration of the saints is a part of the faith that has taken me a little…
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Boo! 5 More Spooky Saints to Help You Celebrate Halloween
Halloween is just around the corner! Usually, we associate this time of year with costumes, haunted houses, and trick-or-treating, but there are other sources of…
How to Be a Saint-in-the-Making
In Roman mythology, Janus was the god usually depicted as having two faces, one that looks back into the past and one that looks forward…
Grateful to Our Beloved Dead: Remembering 3 Lessons From My Polish Grandparents This All Saints’ Day
It’s tradition in Polish culture to pay tribute to deceased loved ones with frequent visits to their gravesites, especially on All Saints’ Day. Lighting candles…
5 Spooky Saints to Help You Celebrate Halloween
The celebration of Halloween (or All Hallows’ Eve) comes just before All Saints’ Day and the Feast of All Souls (or Commemoration of All the…
Saints of the Sidelines: The Lesser-Known Heroes of the Church
St. Patrick, St. Francis and St. Teresa… Every year, we commemorate these giants of our Catholic faith on All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1. Yet there…
You Don’t Know Jack … About Halloween
Fr. Jack Collins, CSP, hits the streets of New York City’s scary Greenwich Village, asking young adults what they know about the origins of Halloween — how it began, why people wear costumes, and the two Catholic holidays surrounding All Hallow’s Eve.
St. Christina the Astonishing (Fr. Steve’s Spooky Saints)
The saints are our mentors and models who show us ways to live our faith. However, some of their stories can be terrifying and downright…spooky.…
Los Muertos: On Celebrating the Dead
In the last two years I lost both of my grandmothers. It is a strange and disconcerting reality being grandmotherless in this world. I feel…
#380 – Must we have children to make our lives valuable?
Must we have children to make our lives valuable? Question begins at 3:26. Happy Halloween & All Saints Day! 10-30-13
