Jeanie Hannaman

By Karen Hall, Catholic Exchange - As far as my beliefs went, I considered myself what I called a “meat and taters Catholic.”... And then I became a “radical.” I did so without moving an inch. Instead, the world moved under my feet, and, sadly, the Church moved as well. Everything around me shifted and suddenly I went from being mainstream to being considered a member of the fringe element. I did so because I could not swallow “it’s all good,” just as I cannot now swallow “Jesus gets us.” I knew that it was not all good.

By Dom Prosper Guéranger, LifeSiteNews - Ignatius, by nation a Spaniard, was born of a noble family at Loyola, in Cantabria. At first, he attended the court of the Catholic king, and later on, embraced a military career. Having been wounded at the siege of Pampeluna, he chanced in his illness to read some pious books, which kindled in his soul a wonderful eagerness to follow in the footsteps of Christ and the saints. He went to Montserrat, and hung up his arms before the altar of the Blessed Virgin; he then watched the whole night in prayer, and thus entered upon his knighthood in the Army of Christ.