Everyday Discipleship

While Saint Patrick, that great evangelizer of Ireland, gets a great deal of attention, here are 11 Irish-born saints who continued St. Patrick’s efforts to spread the Gospel, and who also deserve a pint raised in their name. Sláinte!

Retreats are a time away from our normal activities to spend time getting reacquainted with God, to examine the priorities of life and to make concrete and practical resolutions for improvement. Retreats can be a powerful step toward personal conversion.

Forgiveness is our main tool for peacemaking, every day, all day. The Lenten call to valuing each person we meet as a reflection of Christ’s merciful love includes forgiveness for the people who wrong us.

Orphaned as a teen and rejected by one religious order, St. Louise de Marillac persevered and eventually became the co-founder of the Daughters of Charity in 17th-century France – the first congregation of non-cloistered women dedicated to charitable service. Her talents for inviting, teaching and organizing were essential to making the vision of co-founder St. Vincent de Paul a reality. Today, more than 13,000 Daughters of Charity serve throughout the world.

In the first of four in a series, Tom Delaney reflects on how Lent offers a fresh chance to release old burdens and rediscover the freedom that forgiveness brings.

A number of violent extremist groups, led by minors and young adults, are increasingly targeting kids online — in some cases, with deadly results.

Although Saint Casimir was born into nobility, he dedicated his life to the King above all kings.
He was rebellious in many ways, shunning the luxuries a life of royalty afforded him and instead wearing plain clothes and often sleeping on the floor by choice. He refused to marry, choosing to lead a celibate life focused on serving God and the poor.

Here are 12 new resources — online retreats, apps, podcasts, books and more — that promise to help Catholics grow in faith and draw closer to the Lord Jesus Christ ahead of Easter.