The Meaning of America’s Consecration to the Sacred Heart
COMMENTARY: There are two reasons why the date of June 11 is especially important.
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St. Katharine Drexel Did What the Rich Young Man Couldn’t
COMMENTARY: Mother Drexel was born into one of America’s wealthiest families — and spent her fortune and life as a missionary of the Blessed Sacrament.
Answer Jesus’ Summons for a Fuller Lenten Conversion
COMMENTARY: To live Lent well begins with a desire to go with Jesus into the desert and return profoundly changed.
Blessed James Miller: An Unsung Hero Among American Saints
COMMENTARY: His short life is the stuff of movies: farm boy from the heartland, football coach, teacher, missionary and heroic martyr.
Blessed-to-Be Fulton Sheen: Holy Disciple and Church-Changing Apostle
COMMENTARY: Archbishop Sheen embodied holiness and mission, the two most fundamental aspects of the Christian life.
The Japanese Martyrs: Evangelizers Through Blood
COMMENTARY: St. Paul Miki and his companions did more than simply die for the faith. They lived it with missionary vigor and intentionality that ensured it would outlive them.
St. Francis de Sales Shows Us How to Be Missionaries of God’s Love
COMMENTARY: The great doctor of the Church carried out one of the most important evangelization efforts in the Counter-Reformation.
The Unity for Which Jesus Prayed
COMMENTARY: The unity of Jesus’ disciples will be the greatest testimony of the truth of Christ’s coming and ongoing presence in the Church until the end of time.
From Baptism to Mission in Christ and in Us
COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out to give witness to God the Father’s love, God the Son’s saving work, and God the Holy Spirit’s gifts and works.
The Young Laywoman Who Reignited the Church’s Missionary Zeal
COMMENTARY: From small acts of prayer and sacrifice grew a renewed understanding of how lay Catholics share in the Church’s mission.
