Principles for Your Week

Doctor of the Church St. Peter Chrysologus stands as a lesser-known but powerful figure of devout evangelization and defender against heresy.

The light of faith illuminates reality and transcendence in a particular way through beauty.

St. Joseph stands unique among the saints as husband of the Virgin Mary and father-guardian of Jesus, and thus is a fitting patron of the universal Church.

Human dignity is under assault in current times, particularly through the obscuring of the human face, which is a special reflection of the goodness and beauty of God.

The remarkable figure Charlie Rice bestowed on the world deeply profound insights of law, morality, and the authority of the Church.

Religious faith is under fire from secular society, and we must combat the pressure to abandon morality.

Amidst the noise and confusion of the modern world, prayer offers a vital path of conversation with Christ.

Pope Saint Damasus I worked tirelessly to strengthen the Church, even while beset by heresies and a rival anti-pope.

Through his gentleness and compassion, St Aidan of Lindisfarne won the pagans of Northumbria to the Christian faith.

The great intellectual giant C.S. Lewis foresaw that fear could potentially dominate society, and offered a timely remedy.

Fr. William Doyle who valiantly served as a military chaplain in World War One, stands an a heroic model of charity, humor, and sacrifice in the midst of the horrors of war.

In her short and young life Antonietta Meo lived out a saintly acceptance of suffering and maturity of faith, and by the time of her death at six years old she displayed incredible devotion and spiritual depths.

The story of how St. Boniface gave us the ubiquitous symbol of Christmas, the Christmas tree.

Frank Sheed –outstanding apologist, publisher, street preacher, and lecturer– is a much forgotten Catholic scholar of the twentieth century. Armed with profound energy and humor, his prolific writings and lectures are hidden gems of timely insight.

St. Columcille stands as an inspiring witness to the power of fervent devotion to Our Lady.

In the midst of confusion and chaos, it is more crucial than ever not to lose hope and to work to redeem society.

Life is full of suffering. Cardinal Văn Thuận shines as a beacon of how to joyfully confront suffering even in the most dire circumstances.

The story of how Irish Priest Fr. Micheal Meehan created a mobile church in order to cleverly work around the threat of Catholic oppression.

The Blessed Virgin Mary miraculously appears as a fount of consolation in times of suffering and darkness.

In times of difficulty, we can look to the heroic witness and devotion of Irish Catholics.

Throughout history, the Catholic faith has often been repressed through abuses of the law. In 1697 Irish law became an instrument of persecution, with what become known as the Penal laws aggressively oppressing Catholic citizens.

The Divine Mercy devotion given to the world through St. Faustina Kowalska offers a path to the mercy and compassion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Historian Christopher Dawson experienced the incredible power of Catholic writings, and wrote insightfully on the power of prayer in changing the fate of nations.

Rev. Walter Ciszek serves as an inspiring example of how to overcome and transform the darkness of cynical secularism.

Chesterton prophetically foresaw the dangers of reason uncoupled from faith, resulting in the skepticism and relativism we see today in modern culture.