On the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we remember the moment when Mary, at the age of three, was brought by her parents, Saints Joachim and Anne, to the Temple in Jerusalem. While this story comes from the early Christian writing Protoevangelium...
Last month on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. preached the homily at a solemn Mass at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Fr. Peter Martyr Yungwirth, O.P., the pastor of the parish, then...
Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Vincent Ferrer, a 14th century Dominican priest & confessor. This polychrome marble statue of the saint is in St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City. The saint holds a book saying: “Fear God for the hour of judgement...
