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A Trek Up a Mountain
BY THOMAS LOMBARDI Where St. John Recorded the Apocalypse
December 21, 2008-January 3, 2009 Issue 
Patmos rests
quietly in the beautiful Aegean Sea, midway between Samos and Kos. The
15-square-mile island engages craggy and expansive bays, and the mystical
quality of the sunlight effects an ambience of unreality. The highlight of a
visit is a pilgrimage to both the Monastery of St. John the... READ MORE
Swiss Monastery Alive With Christmas Market
BY LORRAINE WILLIAMS
December 14-20, 2008 Issue
As I headed
south past Lake Zurich’s “Gold Coast” with its impressive villas, it was hard
to believe I was heading to a Catholic pilgrimage site. One doesn’t associate
this part of Switzerland, where reformer Ulrich Zwingli lived, with “Catholic,”
“pilgrimage” and “Benedictine.”... READ MORE
Witness to History
BY KERRY CRAWFORD Cathedral Has Spanned Generations and Governments
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
Many churches aspire to be the heart of the
community. San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio is geographically, culturally
and spiritually just that.
In
1731, a band of 15 families arrived from the Canary Islands. These islanders,
at the invitation of King Philip V of Spain, established the first... READ MORE
Resting Place of the Fisherman
BY JOANNA BOGLE St. Andrews, Scotland
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
St. Andrew is
the patron saint of Scotland, and his X-shaped cross — white on a blue
background — forms the country’s flag.
But Andrew was a fisherman in
Galilee, brother to Peter. How did he come to be so venerated thousands of
miles away in the northern part of Europe? And how did a town... READ MORE
Resting Place of the Fisherman
BY JOANNA BOGLE St. Andrews, Scotland
November 30-December 6, 2008 Issue
St. Andrew is
the patron saint of Scotland, and his X-shaped cross — white on a blue
background — forms the country’s flag.
But Andrew was a fisherman in
Galilee, brother to Peter. How did he come to be so venerated thousands of
miles away in the northern part of Europe? And how did a town... READ MORE
Burning Bush
BY STEPHEN BUGNO A Monastery at the Foot of the Mountain
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
I see now why they’re called the “steps of repentance.” Some people learn the
hard way why they’re so aptly named. Luckily, our guide explained that there
was a second way to the top of the mountain where Moses received the Ten
Commandments: on the longer, more gradual Camel Path.
It was 2... READ MORE
Nature Is the Window
BY KIMBERLY JANSEN In the Foothills of the Smokies, a Devoted Son Builds a Church
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
“Look at that
castle!” exclaimed my five-year-old son, pointing up to a stone tower in the
foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
“Does a king live there?”
“Not only a king, but the
King,” we replied as we noticed a sign
for St. Margaret of Scotland Church and turned in to check it... READ MORE
Off the Beaten Path
BY JULIAN WORKER The Minor but Important Churches of a Once-Catholic City
November 9-15, 2008 Issue
When visiting
the main sights in London, you should always be aware that there is a
historical church close by.
A church might not be as famous as
St. Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey, but you won’t have to pay to go
inside, and you could well be the only person there.
Such churches... READ MORE
Preaching to the Ends of the Earth
BY ANGELO STAGNARO The Church in the Land of the Snows
November 2-8, 2008 Issue
Even in our
technologically-advanced modern era, there are still places around the world
whose names instill awe and wonder. Tibet is such a place.
The first European traveler to enter
the forbidden Tibetan city of Lhasa was the Italian Franciscan Odoric of
Pordenone in the early 14th century. He... READ MORE
Basilica of St. Louis, King
BY EDDIE O’NEILL The ‘Old Cathedral’ and Its Connection to St. Vincent de Paul Society
October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue
The story
of St. Louis’ Old Cathedral is intimately tied to the city that took shape
around it.
In
1764 city founders Pierre Laclede and his first lieutenant, Auguste Chouteau,
knew well the importance of faith in their burgeoning community. One of their
first decisions was to set aside a piece... READ MORE
‘Master Illusionist’
BY ANGELO STAGNARO The Tower of London Is Hallowed for the Blood St. Nicholas Owen Spilled There
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
I made my way through the crowds on the bank of
the River Thames and stood in line to buy my ticket for the Tower of London
tour.
Yes, the Tower — that infamous prison that held martyrs such
as St. Thomas More.
William the Conqueror, who
commissioned the Tower in 1078, intended it to protect... READ MORE
‘The Faithful Traveler’
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN New Travel Show Seeks to Put Spirit in Adventure
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
Turn on the
Travel Channel or pick up a travel book and what do you find? Adventure,
beaches, cruises, food and wine tours.
“The Faithful Traveler” hopes to
supply what seems to be missing: spiritual destinations.
Husband-and-wife team David and
Diana von Glahn are writing and filming this... READ MORE
‘Come to My Mercy ...’
BY JAMES CARMODY National Shrine of the Divine Mercy
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
My wife and I
have been reading the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina
Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul, and it has been a life-changing
book. The Catholic faith is filled with spiritual classics that can nurture,
inspire and teach us, and this diary is incredible.
St. Faustina (1905-1938), a... READ MORE
St. Michael Protects the European Faithful
BY JOANNA BOGLE Cathedral of St. Michael
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
Brussels. The
name of the Belgian capital conjures up two images: one of a busy European city
with shops and cafes and interesting places to visit, the other, a center of
bureaucracy, headquarters of the European Union.
And when you get there, you do
indeed find that it is two places. A majestic... READ MORE
In the ‘Land of Fire,’ the Southernmost Church in the World
BY JOSEPH ALBINO Church of Our Lady of Mercy
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
Ushuaia, Argentina, located about 2,000 miles south
of Buenos Aires, is the capital of Tierra del
Fuego (Land of Fire) province and
is the southernmost city on earth.
It
is also home to the southernmost Catholic church on the planet.
This
city of 60,000, which has also been given the name Fin de... READ MORE
Anniversary of Mission’s Federal Protection Recalls Park Service Start
BY PHILIP MOORE Church of San José de Tumacácori
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
Tumacácori, Arizona
On Sept. 15,
Arizona’s congressmen, National Park Service officials and local and national
dignitaries will gather at the historic church of San José de Tumacácori, south
of Tucson.
They will be coming together to
celebrate a century of federal protection for the mission... READ MORE
For the Oldest Marian Statue in the Americas, Head South
BY MARY HANSEN Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Our Lady of the Remedies)
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
“In fourteen
hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”…a chant familiar to
every school-age child in America. That famous date marked, of course, the year
that the Italian-born navigator, Christopher Columbus, departed from Spain and
discovered the continent of America.
Over... READ MORE
Labor of Love
BY KERRY CRAWFORD St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Just minutes from downtown
Pittsburgh, St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Parish reminds visitors of a time
when the “men of steel” did not play football at Heinz Field on Sunday
afternoons. They labored, instead, in the mills along the Allegheny and
Monongahela rivers... READ MORE
Prayers Resonate Amid These Stones
BY JULIAN WORKER The Abbeys of Kelso, Melrose, Jedburgh and Dryburgh
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
Around 870
years ago, a Scottish king initiated four magnificent abbeys whose stones still
grace the Borders region of southern Scotland. Two of the abbeys were home to
the followers of St. Augustine of Hippo, the fifth-century North African saint
whose feast the Church celebrates Aug. 28.
The... READ MORE
Little Summer Flower in the Smallest State
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Shrine of the Little Flower
August 17-23, 2008 Issue
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One picture-perfect day in late spring, Mary and I thought it high time to make a
pilgrimage to one of our favorite saints honored sites — Shrine of the Little
Flower in Rhode Island.
The quiet northwestern corner of the
"Ocean State" seems an unlikely place for the first shrine in the... READ MORE |
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