Today, we celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This solemnity recalls the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus Christ from the earth when both her soul and her body were taken into the presence of God. Venerable Pope Pius XII confirmed this belief about the Virgin Mary […]

Today, we celebrate the memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr. Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar. He was born on January 8, 1894, in Zduńska Wola, in the Kingdom of Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. At the age of 12, he had a […]