Gospa Missions Blog

Right in the middle of Advent, on December 12, we celebrate one of the most beloved iterations of the Blessed Mother—Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lad...

St. Nicholas Day is a revered tradition early in the Advent season, with children setting out stockings or shoes overnight and awaking to them fill...

We just returned from our first pilgrimage to Medjugorje in many years. I was surprised at the sheer number of stores and vendors selling religious...

On October 16, we celebrate the patron saint of fertility and expectant mothers - St. Gerard Majella. Though it may be surprising that a man is the...

St. Francis of Assisi is one of the Catholic Church's most beloved saints. He is known for his love of animals and the poor, as well as the peace p...

On October 1st, we celebrate the feast day of the beautiful St. Therese of Lisieux. Although she is now one of the most well known and celebrated C...

Thanks to Pope Francis, a somewhat forgotten title of Mary has received renewed attention in the past decade or so - Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. Ear...

"The Virgin may suitably be called a blooming rose. Just as the gentle rose is placed among thorns, so this gentle Virgin was surrounded by sorrow....

The 20th century was one of great upheaval, one where we saw incredible advancements in medicine and technology, but also tremendous suffering thro...

"Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul. And the other things on the face of the earth are...

“Receive, my beloved son, this habit of thy order: this shall be to thee and to all Carmelites a privilege, that whosoever dies clothed in this sha...

On July 11, we celebrate the feast day of one of the Church's greatest saints - St. Benedict. Benedict was born into a wealthy family north of Rome...