by Editor | Sep 25, 2015 | Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. First, looking at your chart, you wonder what else is there to write about Vincent de Paul. His principle biographer is Coste Leonard – Coste, and then in the English translation, Leonard – in thirteen volumes, of the correspondence, the...
by Editor | Sep 23, 2015 | Joseph, Saints
St. Joseph, Patron of Dedicated Souls by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. There are many good reasons why St. Joseph should be the special heavenly patron of dedicated souls – in the religious life, in the priesthood, and among the laity. But as the Church teaches, he...
by Editor | Aug 8, 2015 | Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We will take an analysis and a rundown of ten of the outstanding statements in the Dominican tradition given by St. Thomas Aquinas, who was on the scene early in the Dominican Order and whose writings have influenced the whole Church ever...
by Editor | Jul 31, 2015 | Jesuits, Saints, Spirituality
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The plan, then, is that we will reflect on some of the outstanding saints of the Society of Jesus, see some of their spirituality and see what we can learn from both their sanctity and their zeal for souls. The logical one to begin with is...
by Editor | Jul 17, 2015 | Mysticism, Saints, Spirituality
Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Let me begin by quoting from a standard dictionary. “A vision is something seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight: an imaging, supernatural, or prophetic sight beheld in sleep or ecstasy; especially one that conveys a...
