The Basics: Their ages varied, and most were born in Japan; died September 10, 1622, in Japan; beatified in 1867 by Pope Pius IX; feast day, September 10. Mothers, wives, laywomen, tertiaries. The Story: There were more than fifty of them, missionaries and Japanese natives, on the hill that day outside Nagaski. More than half were beheaded;… Continue reading Wednesday’s Women: The Lay Women of the Great Martyrdom of Nagasaki
Category: Spirituality
Returning Catholic FAQs: About the Scandals
On Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics, a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.… Continue reading Returning Catholic FAQs: About the Scandals
Here Comes the Judge
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “I’m right, right, right, and you’re wrong, wrong, wrong.” It was the litany of the Rigney household. My brilliant, narcissistic, schizophrenic father must have said it to Mom and the four… Continue reading Here Comes the Judge
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Viterbo
The Basics: Born circa 1235 in Italy; died March 6, 1252, in Italy; canonized in 1457 by Pope Callistus III; feast day, September 4. Mystic. The Story: Rose must have been some powerful young orator. She was a teenager when she and her family were expelled from Viterbo because of her outspokenness against the German emperor who held… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Viterbo