by Peter James | Oct 3, 2024 | Leo the Great
Leo the Great (400-461) may be best known for his famed encounter with Attila the Hun in AD 452. Attila and his hordes had ransacked most of Italy and were now bearing down on Rome. Leo, in his lead role as Bishop of Rome, resolved to meet Attila on the field of...
by Peter James | Oct 2, 2024 | Frances Willard
A large contingent of women walked down Market Street in Pittsburgh arm-in-arm in 1873. They stopped at Sheffner’s Saloon, but the saloonkeeper refused them entrance. The women circled at the curb, sang a hymn, and were led in prayer by a woman whose son had...
by Peter James | Oct 1, 2024 | Ignatius of Loyola
Near the end of Ignatius of Loyola’s (1491-1556) Spiritual Exercises is a section titled “Some Thoughts Concerning Scruples.” Scruple was a term Ignatius used to describe an excessive obsession or compulsion. He likened scrupulosity to becoming...
