From the earliest times the Church at Rome celebrated on 18 January the memory of the day when the Apostle held his first service with the faithful of the Eternal City

Roman martyr of unknown date

Family martyred at Rome in 270. SS. Maris and Martha were husband and wife

King of Denmark, martyr, d. 1086

When we Catholics speak of the different options that are open before us in how to live our lives — priesthood, religious life, married life, single in the world — we commonly, at least nowadays, speak of these as “vocations.” … Continue reading →