Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
Inspired by Truth, Enlightening Minds for the Church in Canada and Throughout the World
The feast of St Camillus de Lellis remains a very intriguing story which keeps speaking to us, even after four hundred years. Born on May 25, 1550, at Bucchianico (today’s Abbruzzo which was then part of the Kingdom of Naples) from Camilla Compelli de Laureto, St Camillus’ life proved to be a very difficult one. Bucchianico,[…]
Last Saturday, the ninth of July, the universal Church celebrated the feast of the great and most humble Capuchin Poor Clares nun, abbot, mystic and stigmatist St Veronica Giuliani. She was born Ursula at Mercatello in the Urbino Duchy on December 27, 1660, from a very religious background. Her parents, Francesco and Benedetta Mancini Giuliani,[…]
Thursday 16 June 2022, is the liturgical memorial of our Capuchin brothers Blessed Anicet Koplinski and his companions who were martyred in World War II in Poland. Adalbert was born in 1975 from a Polish-German family in Preußisch-Friedland (today Debrzno) in the province of western Prussia (Westpreußen) in Germany, a city which borders Poland and[…]
It is commonly acknowledged that the first Capuchin saint, Felice da Cantalice, gave a powerful dose of humility, poverty and joy to Capuchin holiness. In fact, for many lay friars he was the fixed ideal model of what it means to lead a holy Capuchin life. This was also the journey which led Giacomo Amoroso[…]
Saturday, May 21st, is the feast day of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter – the anniversary of his baptism – and it would benefit us to ponder the life of this great Austrian (and of whom a recent film was made). Franz Jägerstätter was born on the 20th of May 1907, in the Upper Austrian region, in[…]
It was on this day, Mary 12th 1866, at Herzegovina, close to the Kotor Gulf, in Herceg Novi, or Castelnuovo in Dalmatia on the Adriatic sea when Bogdan (Adeodato) was born. The youngest child from twelve children, he was the Benjamin of the family. Bogdan was baptised on June 13, feast of St Anthony of[…]
May 6th is the traditional feast of St Dominic Savio, the holy teenager who embraced the spirituality of St John Bosco and the Salesian community he founded. God’s greatness in Dominic’s life was that of executing the normal duties in an extraordinary way through love. Dominic was born on April 2, 1842, in Northern Italy,[…]
We recently celebrated the feast day of one of the most devout and followers of the Virgin Mary ever in the history of Mariology, St Louis-Marie de Montfort, and ’tis fitting at the beginning of this Marian month to ponder his life and devotion. This great Marian saint is well known for his special prayer[…]
On Sunday 24 April 2022 while we were celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday on that day fell the feast of the brave Capuchin saint St Fidelis von Sigmaringen. Who was this great man of faith? Markus was born in the German town of Sigmaringen in 1578. In those days Sigmaringen was a small Danube town, located[…]
Today, Thursday 7 April 2022, is the commemoration of St John Baptist de La Salle. Who was this great saint within the field of education? It needs to be remembered that John Baptist de La Salle was born into a context that was decisively different from the current one we live in. To begin with,[…]
