Pope John Paul II
Learn more about Pope Saint John Paul II’s prayer life, especially his devotion to Eucharistic adoration and to the Rosary
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Venerable Francis-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
Explore how Cardinal Van Thuan’s prayer life sustained him through thirteen years of imprisonment at the hands of Communists
Maria Goretti
Read about Saint Maria Goretti and her incredible act of forgiveness, and how her own prayers turned her murder into a devout Christian
CLF: a week of prayer, study and friendship for teens
Stefan Kaminski reflects on the first week with this year’s cohort on the Christian Leadership Formation programme
Padre Pio
Padre Pio, one of the most exceptional spiritual masters of the twentieth century, lived an intense life of prayer
Therese of Lisieux
Read about how Saint Therese of Lisieux’s “Little Way” was powered by the simple, rote prayers of the Church
Saint Bonaventure, part 4
We conclude our series on Bonaventure by examining the fifth and sixth stages of mystical ascent, followed by a “seventh stage” of true union
Hopkins’ Stonyhurst poem to Our Lady
The Blessed Virgin Mary is to us in our spiritual lives what air is in our physical lives: critical, life-giving, all-encompassing, and gently filtering the light of God’s grace
Saint Bonaventure, part 3
We continue our exploration of Saint Bonaventure’s mystical theology, focusing on the third and fourth stages of ascent in the ‘Itinerarium’