Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal: The Story Behind the Medal
The Church remembers Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on 27 November. The story of the 1830 apparitions in Paris and what the medal shows.
The Church remembers Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on 27 November. The story of the 1830 apparitions in Paris and what the medal shows.
On 1 November the Church celebrates all the saints, known and unknown. Why Catholics honour them, and simple ways to keep the day.
Catholic Christmas gift ideas for every budget and every kind of person, from a €1.50 medal to a 1000-piece jigsaw, with postage costs and when to order.
On 8 December the Church celebrates the Immaculate Conception of Mary. What it means, and its link with Lourdes.
On 2 November the Church prays for all who have died. Why we pray for the dead, and simple ways to remember them.
The Church remembers Saint Carlo Acutis on 12 October. A few simple ways to mark the day, especially with young people.
October is the month of the Rosary. Here is what the prayer is, and a simple way to begin or return to it.
A personal reflection on living alongside dementia, from David Geraghty, plus a clear answer to a question worth understanding: what is the actual difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s?
What will matter, in the end, is not what you bought but what you built, not what you got but what you gave.
On 7 September 2025, a fifteen-year-old boy from Milan became a saint of the Catholic Church, the first ever born in the age of the internet. Carlo Acutis died in 2006, a teenager who coded websites, played video games in moderation and went to daily Mass. Rome now calls him Saint Carlo Acutis. The world
On a quiet, rain-soaked evening in August 1879, the gable wall of a small parish church in the west of Ireland became one of the most visited apparition sites on earth. No words were spoken. No message was given. And yet Knock has drawn millions of pilgrims for well over a century, and it is
As the summer season of buckets, sand and spades gently gives way to Autumn, there is a quiet change in the atmosphere everywhere. Kids are back to school, as are the school runs. The days grow shorter, the colours of the grounds begin to change, and a new season unfolds around us. Autumn invites us