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“I pray daily that some day our world can hear the appeal that Christ our true liberator makes to each of us to live a more selfsacrificing ife and create a world of fraternal people.” – Sr. Dorothy Stang, SNDdeN Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dorothy “Dot” Stang, moved to Brazil 40 years ago to […]
In 1855 the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous near Lourdes in France within the cave of Massabielle. Through this humble girl, Mary called sinners to conversion and enkindled within the Church a great zeal for prayer and charity, especially service to the sick and poor.
St. Scholastica was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of Western monasticism. She was born in Umbria, Italy, about 480. Under Benedict’s direction, Scholastica founded a community of nuns near the great Benedictine monastery Monte Cassino. Inspired by Benedict’s teaching, his sister devoted her whole life to seeking and serving God. She died […]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), German theologian and dissident, hanged for opposing the nazification of German Christianity. Education for Justice Resources: Prayer Service: Walking the Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer Film Discussion Guide: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Pacifist, Nazi Resister Prayer: To Our God of All Times
Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama to James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona McCauley, a teacher. At the age of two she moved to her grandparents’ farm in Pine Level, Alabama with her mother and younger brother, Sylvester. At the age of 11 she enrolled in the Montgomery Industrial School for […]
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was a Catholic Priest in the Dominican Order and one of the most important Medieval philosophers and theologians. He was immensely influenced by scholasticism and Aristotle and known for his synthesis of the two aforementioned traditions. Although he wrote many works of philosophy and theology throughout his life, his most influential […]
“The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.” Henri J.M. Nouwen was born in Holland in 1932 and ordained a Catholic priest in 1957. He obtained his doctorate in psychology from Nijmegen University in the Netherlands and taught at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. He experienced the […]
Francis de Sales was born in the Savoy district of France in 1567 and ordained a priest in 1593. The religious and political struggles of the time had placed under the control of Roman Catholic rulers several regions in which the people were mostly Protestants. Francis was sent to preach in one such region near […]
Martin Niemöller, whose birth we celebrate on January 14, is best known for his haunting “First they came…,” a reflection on complicity in the Holocaust. His story of conversion reminds us that as we change our ways, we can change the world. Education for Justice Resources: Reflection: “No one left to speak” – The Life […]
John Nepomucene Neumann was born on March 28, 1811, the third of six children of a stocking knitter and his wife in the village of Prachatitz in Bohemia. From his mother he acquired the spirit of piety and through her encouragement entered the Seminary at Budweis. During his seminary years, he yearned to be a […]
