Halloween traditions often bring about much debate among Catholics. Are we glorifying evil and dead things? Isn’t it just too scary? Is it a pagan holiday? The simple answer to […]
Trick or treat? Teaching about All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower
Thérèse was born on Jan. 2, 1873, in Alencon, France, to Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin. She had four sisters to greet her: Marie, Pauline, Léonie and Celine. The family […]
St. Vincent de Paul
Can you imagine being captured by pirates, and then taken into slavery? That’s just what happened to St. Vincent de Paul. St. Vincent was born in Ranquine, France, the son […]
The Family of God: All Saints and All Souls
“All you holy men and women pray for us!” We believe in the Communion of Saints. We proclaim this when we pray the Creed each Sunday at Mass. The Communion […]
