Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka
Feast date: Oct 29 Helen Kafka was born in 1894 to a shoemaker and grew up in Vienna, Austria. At the age of 20, she decided to join the Franciscan Sisters […]
Day: February 26, 2026
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Pope Leo XIV urges families to keep the flame of love alive
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec […]
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Held in the Waiting: A 33-Day Devotional. Day 1 — When the Path Is Hidden
Held in the Waiting: A 33-Day Devotional Trusting God’s Heart When Healing Is Delayed and Strength Feels Thin Day 1 — When the Path Is Hidden Theme: Faith in Uncertainty […]
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Day 8 of Lent: A Life of Prayer — Ask, Seek, Knock
I. Scripture Reading — Luke 11:9–13 (RSV-CE) And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to […]
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Feast date: Jan 04 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. She was born […]
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Feb. 25 Wednesday of the First Week of Lent; Ember Wednesday, Weekday
Today is Ember Wednesday, the beginning of the Spring or Lent Embertide. There are two principal objects for the Ember Days of this period of the year: the first is […]
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The Monastic Edge on Caring for the Sick
The most striking way I have seen the Church with the sick is in the person of Pope St. John Paul II. In his later years, he was a sick […]