St Thomas Aquinas (January 28) was an unrivalled theologian who used scientific rationalism to support the doctrines of Christian faith and revelation
Spiritual Life
Saint Of The Week
The ‘dumb ox’ who became the greatest of the medieval Doctors of the Church
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Saint of the week
The monk who was burned by a demon in his sleep
Monday, 16 January 2012
Saint of the week
St Fursey (January 16) helped advance Christianity in East Anglia and northern France
The saint who warned against the shark of self-love
Monday, 9 January 2012
Saint of the week
St Genevieve Torres Morales (January 5) was told she could not join the Carmelites because of a handicap
The priest whose preaching was like a ‘spiritual earthquake’
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Saint of the week
St Gaspar del Bufalo (December 28)
The frail but tireless Sister who worked in the slums of New York
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Saint of the week
St Francesca Cabrini (December 22) became the first American to be canonised in 1946
The hermit who lived on a pillar for 33 years
Monday, 12 December 2011
Saint of the week
St Daniel the Stylite (December 11) was told that monastic discipline would be beyond him
The chaplain to William the Conqueror who established the Sarum Rite
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Saint of the week
St Osmund of Salisbury (December 4) was ‘praised for his wisdom and holiness’
Apostle Andrew, the first to be called
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Saint of the week
St Andrew (November 30) preached in the Ukraine, Turkey and Greece
The bishop who charmed kings and ate with lepers
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Saint of the week
St Hugh of Lincoln (November 17) travelled around his diocese defending the poor and needy against the powerful and insolent
The pope who persuaded Attila the Hun to spare Rome
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Saint of the week
St Leo the Great (November 10) vigorously sought to maintain the unity of the Church
This Pentecost remember the Pope in your prayers and Malta’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith