Our Catholic Heritage

The Smithsonian Magazine reports — In 2017, excavations at St. Albans Cathedral in southern England uncovered the long-forgotten burial site of Abbot John of Wheathampstead, a 15th-century religious leader who mingled with royals, supported humanist endeavors and befriended the pope. Now, more than five centuries after his death in 1465, a new digital Read more…

Cassy Fiano-Chesser reports  for Live Action News – A new study has found that using hormonal birth control can change a woman’s brain structure and function. Nafissa Ismail, the corresponding author of the study and an associate professor at the University of Ottawa, spoke to PsyPost about their findings. The study was Read more…

There is not a festival of the Church that is not a veneration of the Cross, through which all feasts come — Fr George  W. Rutler   October 13  St Edward the Confessor (1003 – 1066) became King of England in 1042. He was regarded as a saint during his Read more…

Dr. Jeff Mirus writes for CatholicCulture.org  — John Gerard was an English Jesuit priest who secretly served the Catholics in England during the period of persecution under Queen Elizabeth. Born in 1564 to a wealthy family, John was sent to the English College at Douai and Rheims in 1577. After Read more…

HEXHAM –  Numerous saints are associated with Hexham including Saints Acca, Alcmund, Andrew, Eata, Frithebert, John of Beverley, Tilbert, and Wilfred. Hexham is an attractive market town serving an extensive rural area in southwest Northumberland. Its most important building is its abbey church, founded by St Wilfrid some 1,300 years Read more…

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