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March 15, 2019

The year Our Lady froze the St. Lawrence

Our Lady watches over the horse-drawn sleds bringing building materials across the Rosary Bridge in this painting of the miracle of the ice bridge.

Anyone who has experienced the cold of a Quebec winter, where the wind whipping up the St. Lawrence Valley will chill the bones of even the hardiest of souls and it is a given that the mighty St. Lawrence will freeze over, can be forgiven for thinking a mild winter in this part of Canada is a myth.

Published in Faith
August 4, 2017

'Tears of St. Lawrence' meteor shower to light up the sky

The Perseids meteor shower, also called the “tears of St. Lawrence,” can best be seen in the Northern Hemisphere from late July to early August, usually peaking around Aug. 10, the feast of St. Lawrence.

DENVER, Col. – Star-gazing might not be the first thing that comes to mind when Catholics think of St. Lawrence, the early Christian martyr who was cooked to death by the Romans on an outdoor grill.

Published in International
April 27, 2015

Quebec nun Mother Elisabeth Turgeon the latest Canadian to be beatified

Mother Marie Elisabeth Turgeon was beatified April 26 in Rimouski, Quebec. A second miracle is still needed before she can be made a saint.

RIMOUSKI, QUE. - A  teacher from Quebec's Lower St. Lawrence region who believed that "schools were the vestibules to the Church" was beatified April 26 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, the papal legate who came from Rome to Rimouski to proclaim her Blessed.

Published in Canada