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The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe recalls the Blessed Mother’s appearances to Juan Diego nearly five centuries ago in the year 1531. The...

Today we look at the life of Saint Juan Diego, the one to whom Mary appeared as Our Lady of Guadalupe in the year 1531. Reflecting on the...

What difference does any of this make? Many if not most Christians make the mistake about today’s feast that it celebrates the conception...

St. Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: I first became aware of St. Ambrose, as many students do, as I studied the life of...

Today is the feast of St. Nicholas. Though I had heard of this saint a number of times as a child, most of what I had heard was in...

The winter holiday season is upon us, and Christian homes are engaging in the various traditions to recall, through word and action, the...

Pop Quiz! Who was the first Apostle to meet Jesus and follow him? The answer is the saint for today, St. Andrew the Apostle. Not a lot is...

Here at the Evangelium Institute, the instructors would like to share with you our favorite saint quotes and we hope you will share with...

The feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal recalls the 1830 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Every year, on the last Sunday of the liturgical year, which is one week before the first Sunday of Advent, the Church celebrates the...

The optional memorial of Saint Catherine of Alexandria may be observed on November 25th. She is a saint whose story I recount to my...

Today we recall the life of Blessed Miguel Pro. He was Jesuit priest who was born in 1891 in Guadalupe, Mexico. When considering the life...

Saint Cecilia is a saint whose intercession is often sought by those involved in liturgical music at a parish. In honor of Saint Cecilia,...

The Feast of the Presentation of Mary is celebrated by the universal Church on November 21 every year. Celebration of this feast dates...

Around Thanksgiving Day, we often think of the Puritans at Plymouth (later labeled “Pilgrims”). Many will even say theirs was the first...

For the memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, I thought we might explore the Collect prayer used at the Mass honoring this saint and...

The Cabrini family was a farming family in northern Italy. They were all made of tough stuff, it was said, and the youngest child born in...

St. Martin of Tours grew in sanctity and ultimately became a saint because of his great work as the bishop of Tours in France. However,...

Pope St. Leo the Great died on this day in 461 AD after being pope for 21 years. He was and is considered “great” for his pastoral care...