Telling them apart: So many Johns, part 3

Friday, October 9, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

Here are three more saints named John. Can you tell them apart? Read about St. John the martyr, St. John Leonardi, and St. John of Capistrano.

Telling them apart: Teresa, Teresa, Thérèse, and Edith

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

Every year between August and October, we celebrate the memorials of four amazing women named St. Teresa. Can you tell them apart?

Telling them apart: So many Johns, part 2

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

Read all about three saints named John whom you may have heard of but probably know little about: John Eudes, John Damascene, and John Cassian.

Telling them apart: St. Ignatius of Antioch vs St. Ignatius of Loyola

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

How much do you know about St. Ignatius of Loyola? Did you know his name wasn't really Ignatius? And did you know there is another, much older St. Ignatius?

Telling them apart: The Saint Lawrences

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

We probably all know the story about St. Lawrence, who joked with his torturers while being roasted alive. But do you know these other St. Lawrences?

Telling them apart: Two Saint Marguerites from Montreal

Sunday, January 12, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

Can you name a Saint Marguerite who founded one of the first uncloistered orders for women, which had a profound impact on modern Canada? There are two!

Telling them apart: Thomas Becket and Thomas More

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Kristina Glicksman

Read about Thomas Becket and Thomas More: two Chancellors of England, each killed because they stood up for the Church against a king named Henry.

Telling them apart: So many Johns, part 1 | Two from Ávila

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Kristina Glicksman

Kristina Glicksman explores the lives of two Spanish saints and Doctors of the Church: John of Avila and John of the Cross.

Telling them apart: You mean there’s another John Newman/Neumann?

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Kristina Glicksman

How can we distinguish between two saints who had so much in common? Read this blog to learn the difference between Bishop Neumann and Cardinal Newman.

Telling them apart: Three great Gregorys

Friday, August 30, 2019

Kristina Glicksman

Do you know the difference between St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Gregory Nazianzen? What about St. Gregory the Great? Read this blog to solve the mystery!