In a previous article on the apostolic origins of celibacy, I wrote: Among the Apostles, only Saint Peter is known to have been married because his mother-in-law is mentioned in the Gospels. Some of the others might have been married but there is a clear indication that they left everything, including their … Read more
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries there lived in Quito, Ecuador, a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a direct connection with our days. Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa, a nun of the Conceptionist Order, surpassed the already strict discipline of her congregation in the traditional penances she … Read more
Contents: Introduction PART I – The Traditional Catholic Concept of the Missions 1. Concept of the Mission 2. The Highest End of the Mission: Essentially Religious – the Glory of God and Eternal Happiness 3. Effects of the Mission in Temporal Life 4. The Mission and the Indians 5. An Impossible Solution for the Missionary: To Do … Read more