by Peter James | Jul 7, 2024 | Anskar
The Vikings terrorized Europe for the better part of three centuries. When an exiled king came to the Corbie monastery in Northern France seeking missionary help, Anskar (801-865) volunteered. His fellow monks tried to dissuade him from going. And who could blame...
by Peter James | Jul 6, 2024 | Paul Danei
Biographies typically focus on the life of interesting people rather than their deaths. Not so with the four gospels. They give extensive treatment to Jesus’ arrest, trial, death, and resurrection. One-third of their written record is devoted to the...
by Peter James | Jul 5, 2024 | Thomas a Kempis
George Fox (1900-1943) lied about his age to enlist in the army during World War I. He served in the ambulance corps in France and suffered a spinal injury during a bombing raid, for which he was awarded a Purple Star. After the war, he returned home to Pennsylvania...
by Peter James | Jul 4, 2024 | Byron Sunderland
It was a typical hot, muggy day in Washington, DC., when President Lincoln called the 37th Congress into emergency session on Tuesday, July 4, 1861. Confederate troops were advancing toward the capital, and many feared an assault was imminent. Confederate forces had...
by Peter James | Jul 3, 2024 | Old Gallican Sacramentary
The Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome was used as an underground burial chamber for Christians during the third century AD. It was also a place where they congregated for worship to avoid detection since Roman soldiers considered it haunted and stayed away. The catacomb...
