The Patron Saint of Spiritual Seekers
Isaac Thomas Hecker died on December 22, 1888, at the Paulist House on 59th Street in Manhattan. As the following biography of Hecker illustrates, being…
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Reflecting on Isaac Hecker and the Conversion of St. Paul
A few months ago, I was sitting with some of the young adults at our parish in Austin and I casually mentioned the name of…
“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.”
Get up earlier than usual tomorrow. We trust you’ll find something good and productive to do with your time.
Remembering Rosa Parks
The death of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks on October 24th coupled with the fiftieth anniversary on December 1, of her refusal to relinquish her…