Catholic saints are like the Hall of Fame for our faith. For Catholics, having the saints as role models and a source of inspiration allows us to look at others who may have found themselves in similar situations that we are currently in. By looking to the saints, we have a model to follow.
For Catholic singles, following the lives of the saints is critical to using our time as singles to grow in our faith and to be ready for whatever God has in store for us.
The Catholic Church celebrates the Memorial of Guardian Angels in Autumn. You might remember learning that rhyming prayer to your guardian angel in childhood. Perhaps you’ve seen lovely pictures depicting guardian angels watching over little kids in danger. But if you’re anything like me, you might not give too much thought to your guardian angel […]
When it comes to friendship with the saints, it can be challenging to pick a favorite. After all, they’re all holy men and women, offering unique stories on their path to Heaven. If I had to pick my favorites, Edith Stein, John Paul the Great, Maria Goretti, and Theresa of Avila are some of the […]
The seasonal aisle of the grocery store has been pink and heart-filled for weeks now, which must mean that Valentine’s Day – the day where the entire country celebrates St. Valentine (even if they don’t know who he is) – is upon us again. For most people, the world “Saint” has entirely disappeared from this holiday’s title. […]
March 19th marks the solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As Catholic singles, this feast can be significant to us for a lot more reasons than just being a nice celebratory day in the middle of Lent. We don’t have a wealth of information about this holy man. Scripture simply tells […]
On this earth, I haven’t been blessed with many single friends. Right after college, the phrase “always a bridesmaid” became my world. I was in four weddings in four years but I attended many, many more as a guest where I knew both the bride and groom. Each one I went to alone made me […]
A lot of times when we think of the saints, we might picture lives that are very different from the lives we live today. We might picture serene lives spent in a monastery, or heroic martyrdoms at the hands of evil rulers. We probably don’t think of saints living in difficult romantic relationships. But St. […]
For single Catholics hoping to find their future spouses, it might seem like all those priest and religious saints in the Catholic arsenal of Heavenly helpers are a little distant. But really, a lot of these saints’ lives can hold quite a bit of relevance to our own. There’s perhaps no better example of this […]
August 22nd marks the feast of the Queenship of Mary. Pope Pius XII instituted this feast in 1954, saying, “The purpose of the Feast is that all may recognize more clearly and venerate more devoutly the merciful and motherly sovereignty of her who bore God in her womb.” Though the feast itself wasn’t instituted until the […]
When my husband and I were dating, we used to make an occasional date of driving an hour away from our hometown for Saturday night Mass at a particularly lovely Dominican church. While I tend to forget a lot of the homilies I’ve heard over my life, there was one given at this church by […]
In the 1920s, it was rare to see either Jews or women in leadership roles in the academic world. However, Edith Stein was both a woman and a Jew. She quickly became a leading philosopher in the German intellectual community. But she shocked the world, her colleagues, and her family when she abandoned her growing […]
