The statistics are sobering. According to a study published in 2015 by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University: Only 22 percent of Catholic parents are attending Mass weekly or more often. 68 percent of Catholic parents don’t have their children enrolled in any form of Catholic religious education. Only 66 […] The post Your child’s first Holy Communion and confession shouldn’t be their last appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

St. Mark Feast Day: April 25 Represented by the winged lion, St. Mark the Evangelist has been an exceptionally popular subject for Venetian artists, ever since his remains were relocated to Venice. Once the patron saint of the adoptive city had come home, artists immediately set to work carving, sculpting, and painting his likeness around […] The post St. Mark appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

Truth is the equation of thought and thing. — St. Thomas Aquinas The post St. Thomas Aquinas—Truth is the equation of thought and the thing. appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

There are two kinds of “veterans.” There is the traditional veteran who confronts fear with selfless abandon, facing a known enemy and fighting for others. And then there is the spiritual veteran who clings to faith, facing an unseen enemy and fighting for souls. Neither veteran runs from fear nor indulges in self-pity. Both are […] The post The spiritual veteran appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

You cannot be half a saint. You must be a whole saint or no saint at all. —St. Thérèse of Lisieux The post St. Thérèse of Lisieux—You cannot be half a saint … appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

In Thee I move and in Thee I have my being. — St. Anselm The post St. Anselm—In Thee I move and in Thee I have my being. appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

In all your undertakings … ask yourself: Am I really doing this in accordance with God’s will? — St. John Climacus The post St. John Climacus—In all your undertakings … appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

"Moses" by Michelangelo in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The post A triumphant vision of the Church in Rome appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Heart rejoice. — St. Bernadette The post St. Bernadette—Love overcomes … appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28). With race relations escalating both nationally and internationally, the temptation to prejudice and hatred seems to have freshly gripped our fallen world. Such a moment in […] The post St. Martin de Porres: The perfect saint for our troubled times appeared first on Catholic Digest ..read more