Join us each Monday, starting November 2, as we explore the life of St. John of the Cross. To subscribe to our Youtube channel or to leave a comment please click here! No time to watch now? Tune in as you commute, work out, or do housework by looking us up [...]
Join us each Monday, starting November 2, as we explore the life of St. John of the Cross. To subscribe to our Youtube channel or to leave a comment please click here! No time to watch now? Tune in as you commute, workout, or do housework by looking us up wherever you [...]
This year has seen some timid attempts at commemorating the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II. With all the blockage derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, though, worthwhile attention to some events will be missed. This could be the case for Père Jacques of Jesus, the friar of the Paris Province who died, [...]
St. Teresa of Avila has given us piercing insights into the heights of mystical prayer and the phenomena that can come with it. She received these as gifts for the help and salvation of every person who comes seeking a deeper relationship with the Lord. What most inspires from her life and writings, however, is [...]
Saint Thérèse enriched her teaching on the “Little Way” with several interesting images. She once spoke of herself as a small grain of sand but not “discouraged because God cannot inspire unrealizable desires” (Story of a Soul, p. 207, ICS ed.); and she more or less identified herself as a little chick protected by the [...]
In this 50th anniversary year of her arrival among the proclaimed Doctors of the Church, and the first woman among them, we can only show appreciation for Saint Paul VI’s gesture and also the kindliness which led Bishop Shanley to leave to the house of our province devoted to studies such a beautiful image of Teresa of Jesus.
Join us as we celebrate the novena of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face! Subscribe to the ICS Publications YouTube channel for a new reflection each day leading up to her traditional feast day on October 3 (This gives room for those of us who are often late to begin novenas!). [...]
Note: The following homily for the Memorial of the Transverberation of St. Teresa of Jesus was given by Deacon Br. Pier Giorgio of Christ the King, O.C.D., on the occasion of the clothing Mass of a Discalced Carmelite nun. ——— At the end of May in 1921, St. Teresa Benedicta, then Edith Stein, boarded a [...]
Yesterday, as I was leaving Latrobe, Pennsylvania very early in the morning, while it was still dark, I passed a well-lit bulletin board that said in big letters: GOD IS ABLE. And I thought this sign was perfectly suited to celebrate the mystery of the great Solemnity we celebrate today, the ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED [...]
In this video, Fr. Michael-Joseph and Dcn. Br. Pier Giorgio speak with several college students about their personal experiences of prayer and the Carmelite saints.
