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Saint of the Month: Saint Julia Billiart

St. Julia Billiart was born in 1751 and died in 1816. As a child, playing school was Julia’s favorite game.

As she ran errands with her children one spring day, Kaylyn Dunne was thinking about the weekend retreat she had

Born in 1591 in France, Saint Louise de Marillac—patron saint of social workers—holds a special place in my heart, as

Eighteen-year-old Donna Funkhouser worked various hours in a grocery store at the edge of a large mall. This was Donna’s

Kathy’s family of four had lived comfortably on two incomes, until she became ill and could not work. “Things went

St. John Neumann, the first United States bishop to be canonized, is near and dear to me. As Bishop of

Bruce Kueck, an editor at a well-known magazine, needed to have a “no big deal” operation. “So, off to the

One story I have shared involved a young couple who inadvertently spilled gasoline in their garage. It could have been

On Christmas day, the Church focuses especially on the newborn Child, God become human, who embodies for us all the