VATICAN CITY -- Putting his personal stamp on a Roman Catholic tradition virtually untouched in 500 years, Pope John Paul II added a new set of meditations to the church’s beloved rosary Wednesday -- ...
The Rosary is a centuries-old way of praying. "Medieval piety in the West developed the prayer of the Rosary as a popular substitute for the Liturgy of the Hours." Although obviously Marian in ...
In the midst of a revival of interest in the rosary, McKenna, a retreat leader and author of The New Stations of the Cross, weighs in with a fresh look at the traditional Catholic devotion that honors ...
In an era where mindfulness apps dominate smartphones and meditation studios populate urban corners, a new groundbreaking international study suggests that the ancient Catholic prayer practice of ...
On April 27, 2014, Divine Mercy Sunday, John Paul II will be elevated to sainthood. He is a role model for all of us who have dealt with suffering. He has also been a role model for writers and those ...
Rosary aficionados exhort Catholics to spend October, the month of the Rosary, learning the scriptural Rosary — and to make an especially ardent plea for Mary’s help in keeping up with the devotion on ...
Our retreat director was Fr Seamus OConnell, a Scripture scholar in Maynooth and a Kerryman into the bargain. He is master of the Socratic method, challenging with searching questions rather than ...