Tag Archives: Saints

Saint Philomena and the Curé d’Ars

By kim | Published: 11 August 2012

  Last Wednesday was the Feast of Saint John Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Curé d’Ars, who is known so well for having transformed the small French town of Ars into a hive of faith and piety. He is also known for the number of hours spent in the confessional, hearing confessions for hours and hours [...]

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The Curé d’Ars Comes to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

By kim | Published: 8 August 2012

On the first Friday of July, the Archdiocese of Liverpool welcomed a very special guest. A relic of the heart of Saint John-Marie Vianney – whose Feast it is today – came to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool in the city centre. Hundreds of pilgrims, including myself, flocked to the Metropolitan Cathedral to pay homage [...]

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Mélanie Calvat and Our Lady of La Salette – Part II: Maximin Giraud meets the Curé d’Ars

By roger | Published: 30 June 2012

By Bernard St John   Introductory Remarks: Here is the second part of this series concerning the Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette, taken from The Blessed Virgin in the Nineteenth Century: Apparitions, Revelations, Graces by Bernard St John. The first part may be found here. In that part, we explained that we hope to cast light [...]

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Book Review: Padre Pio: The True Story

By roger | Published: 12 April 2012

The astonishing story of Padre Pio moved me to tears.

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Book Review: Saint Catherine Labouré of the Miraculous Medal by Joseph Dirvin

By roger | Published: 26 April 2011

Miracles in the Rue du Bac, Paris: The story of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal and Saint Catherine Labouré beautifully told by Joseph Dirvin

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Book Review: St John Bosco by F.A. Forbes

By kim | Published: 7 April 2011

Saint John Bosco, you have so deeply touched my heart. It has been moving to read of your unceasing love. A love that poured out of you, towards those poor boys. Those, who you so readily and thirstily took under your wing. Recently on returning to the UK after many years away, I met a [...]

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