TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Patrick was Irish. 2. He lived for a time in France. 3. He was well-educated. 4. He used a shamrock to explain the Trinity. 5. He […]
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Joy in a time of penance
St. Patrick’s Day falls early in Lent this year. It sticks out like a sore, green thumb in the middle of a sober liturgical period. As a lifelong Catholic — […]
St. Patrick’s Day: Joy during Lent
It sticks out like a sore, green thumb in the middle of a sober liturgical period. As a lifelong Catholic — and a lifelong Irishman — I struggle with squaring […]
Paul Miki and Companions, Japanese martyrs
St. Paul Miki (d. 1597) was a martyr of Japan, with twenty-five companions. Paul was a member of the noble Miki family, a samurai clan of Harima Province. He was […]
St. Agatha of Sicily, virgin and martyr
St. Agatha is a martyr and one of the most venerated virgins of the early Church. Like many of the early saints, her history is cloaked in time. Pope Damasus […]
