Mother's Day Archives

The Message of a Mother

by Joannie Watson | May 12, 2017 | Between the Sundays, Regular Feature | 0 |

This Saturday is the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of Our Lady to Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia at Fatima. She would appear six times to them that year, on the 13th of May, June, July, August (this apparition...

One Family’s Novena to Italy—Mother’s Day in St. Peter’s Square

by Mark Armstrong | May 11, 2015 | Family, In the Spotlight | 0 |

Travel Journal — Mother’s Day at St. Peter’s It was a Mother’s Day to remember for my lovely...

Craving Burnt Toast on Mother’s Day

by Lorraine Murray | May 7, 2011 | Women of Faith | 0 |

Mother’s Day can be painful for women without children. We yearn to read the flowery cards and exclaim over mysterious, clumsily wrapped packages. Of course, I’m delighted each year when my nieces send me cards, but still I look...

Motherhood and the Joyful Mysteries

by Peggy Bowes | May 3, 2011 | Prayer / Spiritual Life | 0 |

I love that Mother’s Day is celebrated in May, the month dedicated to the Blessed Mother. As I prayed the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary on my bike this week, I reflected on how they apply so well to motherhood. The...

A Jubilee of False Gold

by Fr. Roger Landry | May 14, 2010 | Women of Faith | 0 |

On Sunday our nation celebrated Mother’s Day. It’s highly fitting that we stop, at least one day a year, to express our gratitude to and for our mothers, because so often so many children can take their mothers for granted the...