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Saint Sylvester I’s Story When you think of this pope, you think of the Edict of Milan, the emergence of the Church from the catacombs, the buildi...

Saint Egwin’s Story You say you’re not familiar with today’s saint? Chances are you aren’t—unless you’re especially informed about Benedictine bis...

Saint Thomas Becket’s Story A strong man who wavered for a moment, but then learned one cannot come to terms with evil, and so became a strong ch...

The Story of the Holy Innocents Herod “the Great,” king of Judea, was unpopular with his people because of his connections with the Romans and his...

Saint John the Evangelist’s Story It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very simply in th...

Saint Stephen’s Story “As the number of disciples continued to grow, the Greek-speaking Christians complained against the Hebrew-speaking Christia...

The Story of the Nativity of the Lord On this day, the Church focuses especially on the newborn Child, God become human, who embodies for us all t...

The Story of Christmas at Greccio What better way to prepare for the arrival of the Christ Child than to take a brief journey to Greccio, the spot...

Saint John of Kanty’s Story John was a country lad who made good in the big city and the big university of Kraków, Poland. After brilliant studies...

Blessed Jacopone da Todi’s Story Jacomo or James, was born a noble member of the Benedetti family in the northern Italian city of Todi. He became ...

Saint Peter Canisius’ Story The energetic life of Peter Canisius should demolish any stereotypes we may have of the life of a saint as dull or rou...

Saint Dominic of Silos’ Story It’s not the founder of the Dominicans we honor today, but there’s a poignant story that connects both Dominics. Our...