The novena originates with St. Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, canonized a saint in April 2000, a Polish ...

This May 18 Pope Francis decreed that St. Faustina Kowalska’s feast day be added to the Roman Calendar as an optional memorial to be celebrated by all on Oct. 5. There’s a great lesson here — more ...

Sunday is the Feast of The Divine Mercy, a devotion to the merciful love of God. The devotion arose from apparitions of Jesus seen by St. Faustina Kowalska. (Credit: CNS.) Listen ROME – Sunday is the ...

Everything in the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Holy Bible speak of God’s unfathomable love and mercy — His justice is His Mercy. On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II declared, during the ...

The Rev. Gus Puleo submitted this column prior to his death on April 3, 2024. He served as director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Spanish Department at St. Charles Borromeo ...

For sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Saint Faustina is forever linked to the feast of Divine Mercy, which is the Sunday after Easter, the Divine Mercy chaplet ...

As we journey through the sacred season of Easter, the church encourages us to begin each new day with renewed faith. Our ...