Today we celebrate the feast day of Saint Bartholomew, one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Not much is known about Saint Bartholomew outside of what we read in the […]
Saint Bartholomew – Apostle and Martyr
“Mondays with Mary” – The Queenship of Mary
The Council of Vatican II in the document, Lumen Gentium – the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, declares in Chapter VIII – “Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this […]
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist
As the new school year begins here in Arizona and approaches in other parts of the United States, I want to write about a religious order that is very close to my […]
Saint Maximilian Kolbe – The Saint of Auschwitz
Today we commemorate the great saint of Auschwitz, Saint Maximilian Kolbe. St. Maximilian was born, Raymond, to Julius Kolbe and Mary Dabrowska on January 17, 1894. At the age of ten years […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On November 1, 1950, Blessed Pope Pius XII in the Apostolic Constitution, Munificentissiumus Deus, through an ex cathedra (“from the chair” – infallible) statement declared solemn “that the Immaculate Mother of God, […]
Guest Blogger: Gabby Fuentes – Homesick
Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Pope Sixtus II and his martyred companions. During the reign of the Roman Emperor Valerian in the 3rd century, St. Sixtus endured persecution. He was […]
“Mondays with Mary” – St. Francis de Sales on the Assumption of Mary
We have now entered the month of August! As Catholics, we should be very excited about the days ahead in the liturgical calendar. For us in the Latin Rite, August 15 is […]
St. John Vianney – The Parish Priest
Today is the memorial of St. John Vianney or as many people know him “The Cure D’Ars” – the (parish) priest of Ars. He was born on May 8, 1786 and died […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Importance of Studying Marian Doctrines
The letter, The Virgin Mary in Intellectual and Spiritual Formation, written by the Congregation for Catholic Education (March 25, 1988) in the section – “The Contribution of Mariology to Theological Research” states, […]
St. James the Greater, Apostle
Today is the Feast Day of St. James the Greater. If you were to rank the original Twelve Apostles, St. James the Greater (not to be confused with St. James the Lesser) […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Miraculous Medal
Recently, I visited our family’s safe deposit box to acquire a document that I needed. While looking for the document, I came upon old medals and rings that were given to me […]
Hiatus Continued
Hello Everyone, Well I am safely back in the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix, Arizona) after two days of traveling on the road between Austin to Phoenix. I arrived back in Phoenix […]
Good-bye St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School – Austin, Texas
This was the good-bye letter that I wrote to the St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School Community one month ago. I added some pics to this post for aesthetic purposes. Dear Savio […]
Fortnight for Freedom Closing Mass
Last Wednesday, July 4, 2012 – Independence Day for the United States of America, I was able to attend the Closing Mass for the Fortnight for Freedom at the National Basilica of […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Praying the Memorare
Due to my traveling last week and this week, my blogging has been a hiatus. Last week, I was in Virginia for a very good friends wedding and also traveled around the […]
“Mondays With Mary” – Mary of Nazareth and Hearing God’s Word
When speaking about the Scriptures, St. Jerome said, “Ignorance of Scripture is Ignorance of Christ.” As faithful Catholics, we must come to know the Word of God in a way that it […]
Saint Junípero Serra – Franciscan Priest and Missionary
Saint Junipero Serra was born in 1713 on the island of Mallorca, Spain. In 1929, at the age of 16 years old, Saint Junipero entered the Order of Friar Minors and was […]
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