Picked this up in a book that I got off eBay. It is from the time when parish missions were a bit more popular than they are nowadays. I attended a parish mission a year or two ago, and it wasn’t quite my cup of tea (nor was it really aimed at “me” per se, […]
The requests of Our Lady of Fatima included the daily rosary for peace and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Fatima is a call from the Mother of God for a renewed fidelity to penance and prayer, which basically is the message of the Gospel. Too, it brings out the desire of Our Lord […]
I was going to save this one for later on in Lent, but I stumbled across a very interesting set of video interviews with Fr. Bonniwell, OP, so I’m giving Bl Margaret advanced posting! This card was lifted from a tub of resources relating to the Bl Margaret of Castello Shrine at St. Louis Bertrand […]
One of the (many) things I love about Catholicism is how we try to Catholicize… pretty much everything we do (or at least, we used to). From institutions like St. Mary-of-the-Woods (see what I did there?) to Our Lady of Pretty-Much-Anything-Ever, we have Our Lady of the Highways. This devotion has a varied history, and it seems […]
On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, I decided to finally, once and for all, make a mini-pilgrimage up to St. Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana. I was originally going to go back in December for the feast of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (as the church onsite is dedicated to her), but I was lazy […]
St. Philomena is a rather interesting saint. She is (purported to have been) a 4th Century virgin martyr whose body was discovered in 1802 in the Catacombs of Priscilla. A number of miracles were credited to her intercession, and the Cure d’Ars attributed her intercession to the extraordinary cures that others attributed to himself. What […]
I do not have much to write about on this card. I think it’s pretty, with the Blessed Virgin having the Crown of Thorns on her lap, with Calvary and the crosses in the background. If you find yourself interested in the devotions to Our Mother of Sorrows, there is a chaplet associated. You can […]
Any reader who spends more than about five minutes reading this blog will realize my attachment to the Order of Friars Preachers. It’s about as obvious as their all-white habit. But, it seems that somehow, the more I learn about the Order, the more interesting it is. One of my more favorite blogs (Breviarium S.O.P. […]
Ah, Pope St. Pius X. I picked this card up a few years ago. He’s served me well as a bookmark, particularly when reading about Catholic tradition and the Traditional Latin Mass (for obvious reasons?). My uncle (Fr. Chris!) received a relic of Pius shortly after/for his ordination to the priesthood a few years ago […]
I think I picked this card up at TH Stempers in Milwaukee, WI, or something (best Catholic store in Wisconsin). I like it as it shows the angels (no saints though, bummer) praising the Holy Name of Jesus. Related to the Holy Name of Jesus, aside from the illustrious Holy Name Society, is the Divine […]