Dun Giljan's Blog

                       Occasionally even Popes end up in funny circumstances. And usually there is   photographer close by to snap a quick p...

We honor today St Joseph, the patron saint of all workers, but much more than that. He is of course the foster father of Jesus, the husband ...

Born Antony Ghislieri on January 17, 1504, he was raised by poor parents and entered the Dominican Order with whom he was ordained in 1528 a...

St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her moth...

St Gianna Beretta Molla, and her daughter Gianna Emmanuela Today we honor  a saint  canonized in 2004 after sacrificing her life for her bab...

Jeremy was a disabled child, but he was loved by all his classmates, and he was very happy. One day their teacher wanted to explain to them ...

The 4th Sunday of Easter is known as the Good Shepherd Sunday as the readings always deal with seeing Jesus leading us as a faithful shepher...

A new trend is taking over the internet these days just ahead of the Marian month of May: mothers on the move holding their babies to their ...

Hilde and Cora, from Central Oregon Here’s  a recent highlight for Grant County , my former parish in Central Oregon.   Hilde , a camel r...

Saint George, was born in around 275 AD in Lydda, Palestine, and was a soldier in the Roman army and was later venerated as a Christian mart...

                  Yesterday was the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death, an event which precipitated a few incredible days, with Cardin...

Queen Elizabeth - her last official photo Queen E lizabeth  II  was born on April 21, 1926, and today she would have turned 100 years old ...

A young girl wrote this in her diary ‘Every day my mother tells me that I’m outstanding ! I don’t know why. My friend Sarah says that to be ...

As we reflect this Sunday on the beautiful story of the encounter of the Emmaus disciples with Jesus, let us ask ourselves what would we do ...

Easter is the big feast of our salvation. Love conquered hatred. Life overcame death, and Light expelled the darkness. Easter eliminated evi...

A special devotion is held in Portugal every year to Our Lady of Agony. Since the 18th century, the locals at Viana do Castelo, especially t...

Some of the largest public gardens in Malta are in the residence of the President of Malta in the town of Attard, and besides trees, flower...

God, give us eyes to see the beauty of the Spring, And to behold Your majesty in every living thing - And may we see in lacy leaves and ever...

Pope Leo answering questions from journalists on the plane. The US President, whose name is not worth mentioning, issued a vicious attack on...

The Artemis II crew – (from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Re...

The original by  Kazimirowski painted in 1934 The Sunday after Easter will always be known as Divine Mercy Sunday, as people pray the novena...

St Augustine Basilica, Annaba, Algeria After Lebanon and Turkey, then Monaco, now it’s time for the longest trip of Pope Leo, a four-nation...

Baker City Cathedral at Easter 2011 This is a flashback from  journals, Easter celebrations in 2011, when the Bishop was transferred to Sant...