St Louise de Marillac (March 15) founded the Daughters of Charity under the guidance of St Vincent de Paul
Spiritual Life
Daily readings: March 13 – 19
Thursday, 10 March 2011
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Lent challenges us to ask: are we truly alive as God intended?
Thursday, 10 March 2011
The word this week
First Sunday of Lent: Gn 2:7-9 & 3:1-7; Rm 5:12-19; Mt 4:1-11
The nun praised by Henry VIII as a ‘diligent bee’
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Saint of the week
St Colette (March 6) believed the most direct path to heaven was that of suffering patiently endured
Daily readings: March 6 – 12
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Will power alone cannot resist temptation
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
The word this week
Ninth Sunday of the Year: Dt 11:18, 26-28, 32; Ps 31; Rm 3:21-25, 28; Mt 7:21-27
The Patriarch who did not allow servants to wait on him
Friday, 25 February 2011
Saint of the week
St Tarasius (February 18) was a humble and sensible man appointed as Patriarch of Constantinople to resolve the Iconoclast controversy
Daily readings: February 27 – March 5
Friday, 25 February 2011
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
‘In God alone is my soul at rest’
Friday, 25 February 2011
The word this week
Eighth Sunday of the Year Is 49: 14-15; 1 Cor 4: 1-5; Mt 6: 24-34
St Polycarp, a martyr at the age of 86
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Saint of the week
St Polycarp (February 23), instructed by the Apostles, served as Bishop of Smyrna for 50 years and died during persecution
The blind pro-life activist who puts Britain’s feminists to shame
By Madeleine Teahan