Jeanie Hannaman

By Amy Welborn, Catholic World Report - From the old Catholic Encyclopedia: The virtue of humility may be defined: “A quality by which a person considering his own defects has a lowly opinion of himself and willingly submits himself to God and to others for God’s sake.” St. Bernard defines it: “A virtue by which a man knowing himself as he truly is, abases himself.” These definitions coincide with that given by St. Thomas: “The virtue of humility”, he says, “Consists in keeping oneself within one’s own bounds, not reaching out to things above one, but submitting to one’s superior.”

By Dr. John M. Haas, Catholic Exchange - The Catholic Church is facing a growing crisis: a steep decline in seminarians and an aging priesthood threaten the ability to serve parishes and Catholics nationwide. In response, the International Institute of Culture (IIC), a Philadelphia-based Catholic non-profit, has launched ThankAPriest.com, an initiative to restore the perception of the priesthood’s true dignity by sharing inspiring stories of priests who have made a profound impact in people’s lives.

By Joseph Pronechenm, National Catholic Register - A depiction of Christ, wearing white, with his hand raised in blessing... Two rays emanate from Christ’s heart: one pale and one red... The pale one represents water for baptism; the red represents Jesus’ Blood for the Eucharist... This image — emblazoned with “Jesus, I Trust in You” — is known the world over as the Divine Mercy image that was entrusted to Polish nun Sister (now St.) Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s.