Category Archives: e-Formation

Sickly and deformed and abused by her stepmother, she could be called the “Cinderella saint." Her name was Germaine Cousin, a child of 16th-century France. Born with a right arm that was deformed and partially paralyzed, Germaine had a disease called scrofula, which caused terrible, unsightly abscesses across her neck. Worst of all, she was abused by…

Feast Day: June 6 Birth: 1865 Death: 1935 Beatified: Pope John Paul II Maria Karlowska (1865-1935) was a Polish nun, founder of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd. Maria was the 11th child in a pious family and had a great devotion to the Sacred Heart. Following the death of her parents in 1882, Maria worked…

Today, let’s linger for a moment in the quiet afterglow of Pentecost. Imagine yourself in that upper room: doors bolted, hearts pounding, shame and fear swirling after the chaos of the cross. The disciples have every reason to shrink back, unsure if they even belong in the presence of their Lord. And then, suddenly, Jesus…

Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because…