Sugarcane” is, surprisingly, a story of healing, although the healing does not come from the church or its ministers.

One folk tradition that continues in some homes on St. Brigid's Day (or Imbolc) is that of the Brigid's Bed. The girls and young unmarried women of the household or village create a corn dolly to ...

Yet venerating relics remains far from a “relic” of the past. At the end of 2024, the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas – the great Dominican medieval thinker whose writings I study – made its ...

A SECONDARY school is celebrating a "milestone" inspection after its conversion into an Academy. Following previous Ofsted inspections that rated St Augustine of Canterbury as 'Inadequate' and ...

For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.' Reflection on the painting Today, we celebrate the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential theologians and ...

What a one for the ages movie scene this would have been: A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute couture ...

Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, "Doctor Angelicus", with saints and angels, Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1366. Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, fresco. (Wikipedia) St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225, to a ...

She crossed the finish line in 21.83 seconds — which was 0.25 seconds faster than second place finisher Julien Afred of Saint Lucia. Golden Girl! Gabby Thomas Wins Gold Medal in Women's 200 ...

St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School in Carisbrooke welcomed the chairman of the Isle of Wight Council, Councillor Karl Love, for a special occasion last week. The visit was organised ...

Saint Thomas stared into the mirror ... The day after he returned, Thomas tagged along to Moseman’s son’s high school game in Omaha. Fans approached to ask Thomas for pictures.

Tuesday is feast day of St Thomas ... he created a school of thought that encompasses both theology and philosophy, now known as Thomism. However, during his studies, Thomas was nicknamed by ...

The local news no longer covered them. Then, in 1961, a 22-year-old organizer, Thomas Gaither, introduced a new tactic. In the next sit-in, at the lunch counter of a McCrory’s dime store in Rock ...