Know Your Faith
Browse this section to discover more about the lives of the saints, the meaning and history of icons, and unique articles on the role of Christianity in shaping history and our culture.
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Saint Dymphna–healer of emotional disorders and mental illness
Saint Dymphna has made her specialty the healing of mental illness and emotional and nervous disorders. How did her life suit her to this special calling?Read More About Saint Dymphna–healer of emotional disorders and mental illness » -
Saint Maria Goretti, Icon of Purity
Courage, purity, and forgiveness - vivid lessons from the life of this young saint.Read More About Saint Maria Goretti, Icon of Purity » -
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks
The first Native American woman to be canonized by the Catholic Church, Saint Kateri shines forth as an image of purity, courage, and prayer.Read More About Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks » -
The Patron Saint of Everything
Whether as our helper with our smallest daily problems, or as the patron of the Church Universal, Saint Joseph's generous help to mankind is demonstrated in every avenue of life.Read More About The Patron Saint of Everything » -
The Song the Angels Taught the Monks
Frequently icons are created to commemorate a Marian apparition or special divine intervention -- and in this case, a Marian hymn taught to Greek months by an angelic visitor.Read More About The Song the Angels Taught the Monks » -
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr of Charity
"Greater love has no man than this -- that he lays his life down for his friends." Discover the story of this holy martyr of the Nazi concentration camps.Read More About Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr of Charity » -
The Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Juan Diego
Don Antonio Valeriano wrote one of the most important accounts of the appearance of Our Lady to Juan Diego in Mexico, which we share here.Read More About The Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Juan Diego » -
Learning the Language of Icons: The Ascension
"What the Book of the Gospels explains by means of words, the iconographer shows by means of his works," wrote Saint Basil the Great. Learn what the icon of the Ascension can teach us.Read More About Learning the Language of Icons: The Ascension » -
Brother Simeon's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Travel with our iconographer Brother Simeon Davis on a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Wonderful photos of the holy sites of Israel and the West Bank, from Brother Simeon's 2016 pilgrimage.Read More About Brother Simeon's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land » -
Holy Land Photo Pilgrimage - part 2
Here Brother Simeon shares photos of the holiest shrine in Christendom: the Church of the Resurrection in the Old City in Jerusalem, also known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which houses the edicule or shrine of the Tomb of Christ.Read More About Holy Land Photo Pilgrimage - part 2 »