When we think of the Saints, we often picture their heroic deeds or miraculous lives or miracles performed, but what truly made them holy were the virtues they practiced every single day. Father Donald Calloway, MIC, explores this fact more deeply in his new children’s book for Marian Press, Virtues of the Saints: Fifteen Heavenly Habits for Children, co-authored with Patrick O’Hearn.

Join Fr. Mark Baron, MIC, the new Director of the Association of Marian Helpers (“Fr. Joseph, MIC”), as he tells the story of St. Agnes, whose feast we celebrate on Jan. 21. Agnes was just 13 years old when she was martyred in the year 304 A.D. Yet her brief life, heroic virtue, and death captured the imagination of her contemporaries and the Church in Rome. St. Agnes, pray for us!

Saint Valentine, whose feast day we celebrate on Feb. 14, is arguably the most famous saint whom no one really knows much about. Well, not for long. We invite you to view Fr. Dan Cambra, MIC's tribute to this great Catholic martyr.