St. Anthony of Padua – the smiling … and fighting Saint

We will never understand the spirituality of St. Anthony of Padua without viewing it from an essential and ever-present aspect of existence in this valley of tears: struggle, combat and suffering. It was the year 1221. In the austere Franciscan convent of Forli, Italy, some sons of St. Francis and St. Dominic had gathered for […]

Persecuting the Persecutors of Padre Pio

At the side of the wonderworker Franciscan with the stigmata, Providence deigned to place a disciple who would defend his rights, so often violated by the internal and external enemies of the Church. Perhaps there was no place in the Europe of 1919 that surpassed Gargano in peace and tranquillity, a promontory which harmonized both […]

St. Bruno – Father and Founder of the Carthusians

The climate was harsh, with frequent snowfalls, and the soil poor. The woodlands, with no existing roadways, were difficult to explore. To establish a monastery there seemed madness. But the ideal that moved St. Bruno was not based on human criteria… The deep contemplative spirit of the Carthusian Order, where time is measured by eternity, came to the […]

October 13 Fatima Celebration, 2018

On October 13, 2018, the Heralds of the Gospel organized in Miami a solemn celebration to commemorate the last apparition of Our Lady in Fatima.