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How a deer in a French church reminds us of the saint honored there

Eustace is an early martyr and a legendary saint. He found Christ because he sought the truth. Coming across this video from a church of St. Eustace in France, we couldn’t help but be reminded of the ... read more

Elizabeth of the Trinity: A Saint for Our Time

The Church celebrates St. Elizabeth of the Trinity — canonized Oct. 16 — on her feast day of Nov. 8. Her spiritual mission is to help us ... honored as much for this work as she is for her spiritual ... read more

Abused and told by the nuns that their culture was “evil”

“The whole notion of Canadian culture is a very peculiar thing,” Maracle says, “driven by what are referred to unfortunately in English as founding nations – the English and French – which is just so ... read more

Shoestring Living: Be grateful every day

Back in the land where we didn’t have kids that participated in unimaginably expensive sports or wished for gifts like iPod Touches, my husband and I actually purchased gifts for each other. I am a ... read more

Stag With ‘Antlers Like Knives’ Gores French Hunter to Death in Rare Attack

"The antlers of the stag are like many knives piercing you; there is nothing you can do. This tragic accident reminds us that we do not ... in the town of Lacroix-Saint-Ouen in late October, where ... read more

The head scarf, modern Turkey, and me.

But she would get even more annoyed than my father did when she thought that people were invoking God to do their jobs for them—for example, when she saw a bus with a sticker saying “Allah Protect Us ... read more

The Role of the Icon in the Multi-Ethnic American Orthodox Church

Icons proclaim the Incarnation and teach us the Gospel. They communicate with images what is often inexpressible with words and thus their strongest role in the multi-ethnic American Orthodox Church . ... read more

Open Season: An ode to Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt

Today, especially in Europe, Saint Hubert, 656–727 AD, is still honored as the originator ... Kimberly.trull@state.ma.us or mail it to: Annisquam River Station, 30 Emerson Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930. ... read more

How to See Paris in One Day

Built by Louis XV as a church to honor Paris’s patron saint ... but this year, there was a bonus: two more women have finally been added to the Panthéon: Geneviève de Gaulle Anthonioz and Germaine ... read more

St. Jimmy Of Nat Street

We pulled into the parking lot of the Trinity Baptist Church ... what I want to be. The French Catholic novelist Léon Bloy, in his book The Woman Who Was Poor, wrote, “There is only one tragedy in the ... read more

St. Anthony’s Church Has Cathedral Proportions

Father Roger Landry, the pastor, says this artwork should remind churchgoers to embrace Christ in full Communion and how, just as Jesus became a little baby to embrace Anthony, so Jesus becomes even ... read more

Food for Thought: Do you know what steak you're getting?

The first carrots originated some 5,000 years ago and were white, purple, red, yellow and green. – United States Department of Agriculture Food in the News: Yeast research could lead to better beer, ... read more