A Fortune Found in Fatima

BY Gina Giambrone

For the May 13 feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Gina Giambrone thinks back to the life-changing visit she made to the Portuguese town several years back.

May 13-19, 2007 Issue

The summer before I started fourth grade, I won $25 playing Bars and Bells at the St. Luke Parish pig roast. I was thrilled. The money lasted three whole days. It would be nearly two decades before I won anything so exciting again. But the wait was worth it. My next stroke of luck brought a reward... READ MORE

The Boy Who Would Be Saint

BY ANGELO STAGNARO

St. Dominic Savio at the Salesian Motherhouse Compound
Turin, Italy

May 06-12, 2007 Issue

St. John Bosco wrote St. Dominic Savio’s first hagiography and was instrumental in advancing the cause for his protégé’s canonization. The Church made St. Dominic Savio patron of choirboys, the falsely accused — and juvenile delinquents.

The latter patronage traces back to an incident in... READ MORE

A ‘Storefront Cathedral’ in the Ancient Christian Tradition

BY ANGELO STAGNARO

St. Joseph the Worker Chapel
New York, N.Y.

April 29- May 5, 2007 Issue

There are few names in Church history that simultaneously elicit admiring remarks and raised eyebrows. Dorothy Day is one.

Declared Servant of God by Pope John Paul II in 2000, she would probably resist the honor today. “Don’t call me a saint,” she retorted when people did just that. “I... READ MORE

The Little Chapel That Could — and Did, and Still Does

BY EDDIE O’NEILL

Chapel of Our Lady of Good Help
New Franken, Wisconsin

April 22-28, 2007 Issue

One dazzlingly sunny day last summer, my kids and I loaded up the car and journeyed not too far from our home for a special day at the Chapel of Our Lady of Good Help.

This would be our first visit to the chapel, but it will certainly not be our last. For what I thought was simply going to be a... READ MORE

Inspiration Meets Motivation on St. Faustina’s Block

BY ANGELO STAGNARO

Basilica of the Divine Mercy/Lagiewniki Sanctuary
Krakow, Poland

April 15-21, 2007 Issue

I ran into a little trouble getting to the Lagiewniki Sanctuary, otherwise known as the Basilica of the Divine Mercy, in Krakow’s Lagiewniki district. Every Pole I met suggested a different route and almost no one knew how to get there by train.

Of all of the countries in which I’ve traveled,... READ MORE

All Roads Lead to the Resurrection

BY TIM DRAKE

Marytown Chapel and Museum
Libertyville, Illinois

April 8-14, 2007 Issue

The evening began like so many before. A friar arranged flowers around the altar. Folks blessed themselves and shuffled into the chapel. The Conventual Franciscan Friars of Marytown and their guests were preparing for vespers.

Suddenly, one of the brothers noticed a strange sound coming from high... READ MORE

The Passion of the Spanish

BY ANGELO STAGNARO

Holy Week at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the See
Seville, Spain

April 1-7, 2007 Issue

While in Seville for Holy Week during my lecture tour of 2005, I hoped to visit southern Spain’s most glorious cathedral — and witness what I had heard were the most spectacular and moving Semana Santa celebrations in the world.

The cathedral is so big that the 19th-century French writer... READ MORE

The Colonists Never Saw This Coming

BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN

Notre Dame Church
Southbridge, Mass.

March 25-31, 2007 Issue

A few miles from one of New England’s most popular history museums stands a stately Catholic church with a long and storied background of its own.

The church’s third pastor, Father Louis Triganne, set about building this edifice on March 25, 1911, the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord. It... READ MORE

Generous St. Joseph at the Mouth of the Mountain

BY JOSEPH ALBINO

Metropolitan Cathedral of San José
San José, Costa Rica

March 18-24, 2007 Issue

Costa Rica, the second smallest country in Central America, was “discovered” by Christopher Columbus in 1502 and given its name by later Spanish explorers and settlers. The name means rich coast.

The travelers were Catholic, but not all had evangelization as their primary objective. Most were... READ MORE

If Walls Could Talk, This Historic Site Would Sing

BY JOANNA BOGLE

Durham (Anglican) Cathedral
Durham, England

March 11-17, 2007 Issue

Durham Cathedral is one of Britain’s most famous and unforgettable buildings. It dominates the northern city over which it watches — a vast, glorious fortress-like structure around which everything else is gathered. And why not? It has stood here for 1,000 years.

Built in honor of St.... READ MORE

An Augustinian Masterpiece in the Malay Archipelago

BY STEPHEN VINCENT

San Agustin Church and Museum
Intramuros, The Philippines

March 4-10, 2007 Issue

Away from the rush and gridlock of modern Manila, within the walls of the original Spanish-built district called Intramuros (within the walls), the beginnings of the Catholic faith in the Philippines are shown in artifact and stone. San Agustin Church, the oldest stone church in the Philippines,... READ MORE

A Daughter of Wealth Became ‘Mother’ to Millions

BY ANGELO STAGNARO

St. Katharine Drexel Shrine and Chapel
Bensalem, Pa.

February 25- March 03, 2007 Issue

“Gives Up Seven Million!” So the newspa-pers reported when wealthy, young Katharine Drexel of Philadelphia said Yes to the novitiate and “No more” to the world — or, at least, to the worldly pleasures and comforts that come with big money and elevated status.

To the casual news consumer... READ MORE

Lent at the ‘Lourdes of America’

BY EMILY ORTEGA

Shrine of Chimayo and Holy Family Parish
Chimayo, New Mexico

February 18-24, 2007 Issue

Step out of the car at the Shrine of Chimayo and don’t be surprised if you find yourself wondering: Have I just passed through a wrinkle in the space-time continuum? Is this really the United States ca. 2007?

No you haven’t and yes it is.

The shrine, affectionately called “El Santuario”... READ MORE

Spirits Alight Under Southwestern Skies

BY Bethany Noble

St. Francis of Assisi Apache-Mission Church Whiteriver, Ariz.

February 11-17, 2007 Issue

A tiny mission church squats, low and humble, amid the tall ponderosa pines of eastern Arizona’s White Mountains. Situated on the Apache Indian Reservation in the town of Whiteriver, the structure reflects the unassuming character of its patron, St. Francis of Assisi.

One recent Sunday morning,... READ MORE

Martyrs Dropped an Everlasting Love Bomb

BY Angelo Stagnaro

Shrine-Church and Museum of the Japanese Martyrs Nagasaki, Japan

February 4-10, 2007 Issue

St. Francis Xavier introduced Christianity to Japan in the 16th century and, within a century, the Catholic population rose to 200,000.

Yet, despite this promising beginning, Japanese Christians have not always fared well. While Catholics were being persecuted in England under Elizabeth I, they... READ MORE

St. John Bosco Works His Magic Still

BY Angelo Stagnaro

Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians

January 28- February 3, 2007 Issue

St. John Bosco has got to be one of heaven’s busiest intercessors. In addition to serving as patron of editors, apprentices, boys, teachers, students and Mexican youth, he oversees a bailiwick unique in heaven and on earth: Don Bosco is patron of magicians.

Which raises the question: What... READ MORE

The Higher the Horse, the Greater the Grace

BY Lorraine Murray

On the Jan. 25 feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Lorraine Murray will think back on how God has occasionally had to knock her off her own high horse.

January 21-27, 2007 Issue

God sometimes does dramatic things to get our attention. Maybe we come down with some strange illness out of the blue. Or lose our job. For Saul of Tarsus, the drama involved being blinded for three days.

Saul was known for wreaking havoc on the early Christian Church, arresting Christians and... READ MORE

There’ll Always Be a Catholic England

BY Joanna Bogle

Church of the Holy Name of Jesus

January 21-27, 2007 Issue

Manchester, England

England is famous for its glorious medieval churches, their spires soaring above villages or making landmarks in the great cities. But of course these churches are not Catholic and, although they have been cherished and loved in recent centuries, they have not been homes for... READ MORE

The Glories of a Gulf Coast Cathedral

BY KATY CARL

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

January 14-20, 2007 Issue

Mobile, Ala., spent its early history shuffling between French and Spanish hands. It was the early 1700s, and the Catholic faith was still finding a foothold in the Americas.

Yet the city today is every bit as saturated in Catholic influence as more famous Catholic cities in the Bible Belt, such... READ MORE

America’s Oldest Cathedral, New Again

BY NICK MANETTO

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption

January 7-13, 2007 Issue

In a word: light. That’s what distinguishes this U.S. Catholic landmark now. The last time my (now-) wife and I visited the Baltimore Basilica — officially, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — we were greeted by a building in major need of... READ MORE

Page 5 of 28 pages « First  <  3 4 5 6 7 >  Last »