And in the life of the church, today we celebrate a man who I like to think of as their patron saint, Jesuit brother Alphonsus Rodríguez. Rodríguez was not your average Jesuit; he entered at 40 ...

SAINTS & ART: Known as a doorkeeper, St. Alphonsus Rodriguez drew countless to Christ with his quiet holiness and his profound spiritual vision. Francisco de Zurbarán, “The Vision of St ...

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez To be fair ... celebrate this quiet widower as the patron saint of Jesuit brothers each year on Oct. 31, the day of his feast, in our houses when most Americans are ...

Francisco de Zurbarán: ‘The Vision of Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez,’ 1630. Via Wikimedia Commons The struggles of those engaged in inward wars may be as exhausting and wounding as the struggles of those ...