Celestina Bottego was born on December 20, 1895 in Glendale, Ohio, second of three children. Her father, Giambattista Bottego, was an immigrant from Italy, and her mother, Mary Healy, immigrated …
Here in the rural mountain areas where I live and work as a missionary priest, the roads are not paved except in four pueblos. In the summer months (Nov. 1 …
Today Catholic Christians celebrate the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the selection we have from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, we read, “For this reason a man shall …
Ettore Boschini was born on March 25, 1928 into a family of wealthy farmers in Belvedere, a hamlet of Roverbella in the northern Italian province of Mantua. When he was …
The above photo is of the health center of San Carlos, a community of the municipality of Reitoca, F.M., Honduras. Of the 40 churches of our parish, San Francisco de …
Today, Catholic Christians celebrate the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. On this day, we continue hearing what is known as the “Bread of Life Discourse” that Jesus gave to his …
Ana Josefa Pérez Florido was born on December 6, 1845 in Valle de Abdalajís, Spain, the last of five children of José Pérez and María Florido. When she was three, …
Today is the feast of St. Maximillian Kolbe, a Franciscan Conventual priest who gave his life to save another man in the notorious Nazi prison camp named Auschwitz in World …
On this 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read an interesting little story from our Old Testament reading. Specifically, we read: “Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert, until …
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