By order of events, Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared on Mexican soil 100 years before the Daughters of Charity were founded. 1531 – apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe 1633[continue reading]
Feast Days
Creative Explosions of Pentecost
“The first Pentecost was anything but a tame event. The winds howled, the walls rattled, the earth shook. What’s more, ‘tongues of fire’ descended upon everyone huddled in that upper[continue reading]
Anniversary of the Little Company
“Life can only be understood backward; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkgaard. We sometimes harbor the illusion that the saints “had everything figured out” in their lives[continue reading]
Feast of St. Catherine Labouré
Catherine Laboure was born May 2, 1806 in the town of Fain-les-Moutiers in Burgundy, France. She was the eighth child of a devout couple, Pierre and Madeleine Laboure. When Catherine[continue reading]
Second Apparition of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Today, November 27, is the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. It was on this day in 1830 that the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Laboure in[continue reading]