CATHOLIC LIFE COACH

ADORATION IN A RAINFOREST

When I was a high school religion teacher, I led a group of students on a mission trip to the small island of Grenada...

ST. PADRE PIO

MEMORIAL: SEPTEMBER 23 Padre Pio was born Francesco Forgione at the end of the 19th century in Italy. He was born to poor farmers and...

ST. MATTHEW

FEAST: SEPTEMBER 21 St. Matthew was one of the twelve apostles and is widely considered to be the author of the first Gospel of the...

ST. JANUARIUS

MEMORIAL: SEPTEMBER 19 Little is known about St. Januarius other than that he is an Italian saint who died under the persecution of Diocletian. When...

OUR LADY OF SORROWS

MEMORIAL: SEPTEMBER 15 Mary is the disciple par excellence. She accompanied Jesus from His conception to His burial. At his presentation in the temple, it...

ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

MEMORIAL: SEPTEMBER 13 St. John Chrysostom (which means Golden-Mouth) was born in the 4th century. He was baptized after his theological studies and subsequently became...

GOD WORKING IN THE ORDINARY

The Lord prefers to work in the world he created in predictable and ordinary ways. Sure, he still works miracles, but a miracle is...

ST. PETER CLAVER

MEMORIAL: SEPTEMBER 9 Peter Calver was born in Spain and became a Jesuit which was a new missionary order at the time. As a young...

ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA

MEMORIAL: SEPTEMBER 5 Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born in Skopje, Albania, in the early 20th century. Growing up in a Jesuit parish, Agnes was inspired...