Father Vachetta decided to give them the gift of a novena--a prayer going deep into the spirit of Advent, leaving one inspired with inexpressible joy. So Father Vachetta began to write his nine-day ...

“9 Days for Life” is an annual nine-day novena for the protection of human life. Each day’s prayer intention is accompanied by a reflection and suggested actions that participants can take to help ...

“9 Days for Life” is an annual nine-day novena for the protection of human life. Each day’s prayer intention is accompanied by a reflection and suggested actions that participants can take ...

This year, the annual Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, Jan. 22, falls during the novena. The 52nd-annual March for Life will been held Jan. 24. (photo: Courtesy of March ...

Denise McKenzie spoke to her fellow parishioners at St. Bernadette of Lourdes Church in Drexel Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 8 as part of the parish’s novena in honor of St. Leonie Aviat, founder of ...

A self-declared former "wild child" and actress from Northern Ireland is on her way to becoming a saint following her death almost nine years ago. On Sunday, Jan. 12, a special ceremony marking ...

refuses it, whereupon Francis—the anti-alchemist, King Midas in reverse, turning gold back to base metal—casts the money scornfully aside, “valuing it,” as Saint Bonaventure wrote in his ...