The Basics: Born March 3, 1809 in Italy; died June 11, 1882, in Italy; canonized March 11, 1984, by John Paul II; feast day, June 11. Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dorothy. The Story: Paula spent her entire life helping other people. Her mother died when she was nine. An aunt came to… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Paula Frassinetti
Tag: Sisterhood of Saints
The Challenge of “Follow Me”
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. Back in late 2010 and early 2011, I was struggling. What I really enjoyed writing was Christian fiction, but other than
Five Things I Know About the Saints
On Sunday they’ll be saints, Popes John XXIII and John Paul II. The former was pope the first seven years of my life; he may have been pope when I made my first communion, but I’m not sure of that date. The latter was pope for much of the thirty-plus years I was away from… Continue reading Five Things I Know About the Saints
Like a Little Prayer
“Every chance to write is a prayer,” my fellow Your Daily Tripod contributor Father Joe McCloskey, S.J., wrote to a group of us in an e-mail last week. That’s the thing about Father Joe; I don’t know if it’s his fifty years as a priest or his time with