Citiwise: Helping Irish Youth Excel
Citywise is an educational program in Dublin helping young people from difficult city backgrounds to aim high in life. It is inspired by the message of Saint Josemaria.
"The Church is always the youthful bride"
In his homily on Pentecost, Pope Francis said: "the Church is always the youthful bride with whom the Lord is madly in love. Let us never tire of welcoming the Spirit into our lives, of invoking him before everything we do."
"Closer to God, more capable of acting as a priest should"
Fr. Steven John Szakaczki is a priest in Saint Lawrence Martyr Church, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
"Our Lives in His Hands": New Biography of the Alviras
Mary Ann Glendon has written the foreword for Olga Marlin's biography of Tomàs and Paquita Alvira, a married couple with nine children whose cause of canonization is underway.
Pope Francis' modest goal
On Monday 9th April the Vatican published an Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis on "The Call to Holiness in Today's World". The 46-page document takes its Latin name, "Gaudete et Exsultate", from the opening words, "Rejoice and be glad!" -- a quotation from St Matthew's Gospel (5:12).
“Once I put God first, all the rest falls into place”
Nina Lagdameo, married, 55 years old, talks about integrating a demanding professional career with raising three children.
Pain in My Right Knee
A favor shared by someone who sought Guadalupe's intercession after feeling a sharp pain in their knee.
Pope Francis' Preface for Ratzinger's Collected Works
Pope Francis has written the preface for the second volume of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's collected writings, on the theme "faith and politics."
"What happens to my freedom if I surrender it to God and, for his sake, to others?"
Homily of Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz at the Mass celebrated for the liturgical feast of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, in Rome.
Praying with Pope Francis for the lay faithful
For May 2018, the Holy Father Pope Francis requests us to pray that the lay faithful may fulfil their specific mission, by responding with creativity to the challenges that face the world today.