Sep 27 Teresa of Avila declared the first female doctor of the church
Today in 1970 and travel to Rome where Pope Paul VI finally named the Spanish Mystic and reformer, Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, a...
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Pearl of Great Price
Sep 21, 20214 min read
Sep 15 Dominic and the miraculous painting
Today in 1530 a supposed 'miraculous' portrait of Saint Dominic appeared in Calabria, in the South of Italy. The image has garnered...
Pearl of Great Price
Aug 6, 20213 min read
Aug 3 Christopher Columbus
Today at dawn the Santa María and its companion boats commenced the historic voyage which will bring Europeans to America. The...
Pearl of Great Price
Jul 24, 20214 min read
July 23 Cuba's Hurricane Priest
The Jesuit priest Benito Vines spent decades observing the skies at the Belen Observatory in colonial Cuba. He is now seen as a pioneer...
Pearl of Great Price
Jul 10, 20213 min read
July 10 Cardinal Richelieu and the French Academy
Its 1637 and we are in Paris where at Cardinal Richelieu's urging, King Louis XIII granted letters patent formally establishing a council...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 8, 20217 min read
June 9 Terese of Liseux - The Story of a Soul
At the age of 14, on Christmas Eve in 1886, Therese had a conversion that transformed her life. From then on, her powerful energy and...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 6, 20218 min read
June 7 Antoni Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia
The great basilica of the Sagrada Familia is linked to one man, the genius, mystic and ascetic Antoni Gaudi. We look at the remarkable...
Pearl of Great Price
Jun 1, 20213 min read
June 2 Anthony De Mello
A Jesuit priest from India and psychotherapist who became widely known for his books on spirituality, integrating ancient eastern...
Pearl of Great Price
May 16, 20213 min read
May 17 Marquette Mapping the Mississippi
We remember the historical expedition of missionary Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer to explore the...
Pearl of Great Price
May 11, 20213 min read
May 12 John Paul II and Fatima's Third Secret
Today, we remember how Spanish ultratraditional priest, Fernández y Krohn assaulted Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. The Pope was in...
Pearl of Great Price
May 4, 20213 min read
May 4 Dividing the 'New World'
Today we remember how in 1493 Pope Alexander VI, in an age of exploration divided the 'New World' between Spain and Portugal. Giving the...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Feb 16 - Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Tuesday
Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 2, 20213 min read
Feb 2 - Candlemas
Today Christians all over the world celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple. In the Spanish Speaking world the...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 1, 20216 min read
Feb 1 - Translating the Bible
Today we remember the life and work of Erasmus the Dutch priest and 'Prince amongst Humanists'. This is the day in 1516 he dedicated his...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 31, 20213 min read
Jan 25 - São Paulo founded by missionaries
Today in 1554 a small group of Jesuit missionaries, built a mission on top of a steep hill on the Piratiningha plains . As part of the...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Jan 23 - The Netherlands Splits
Today in 1579 a treaty was signed by Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and the province (but not the city) of Groningen which effectively split...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Jan 21- The Pilgrim Fathers pray on US Soil
Today in 1621 the Pilgrims from England left their ship the Mayflower and gathered on shore at Plymouth, Massachusetts, for their first...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Jan 5 - Twelfth Night
The fifth of January is the twelfth day of Christmas and so today we look at the rich tradition of Twelfth Night. In Spain, Twelfth...
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