From the victory at Lepanto, commemorated by the October 7 feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, to Our Lady of Fatima’s request to “pray the Rosary every day,” October reminds us that each Ave Maria ultimately draws us toward Christ. Read more: faithmag.com/franz-biebls-av…

One of the first people to take note of the young Joseph Barbera’s (1911–2006) talent for drawing was Sister Mary Nicholas, his teacher at Holy Innocents Catholic School in Brooklyn, New York. Thus was launched a glittering career in animation: faithmag.com/greatest-advent…

The premise is simple: a jury of 12 men must come to a unanimous decision of either guilty or not guilty in a murder trial. But only eleven of the twelve vote guilty. One man says “not guilty.” Juror #8 (Henry Fonda) stands alone. Read more: faithmag.com/12-angry-men

Let folly praise that fancy loves, I praise and love that Child Whose heart no thought, whose tongue no word, whose hand no deed defiled I praise Him most, I love Him best, all praise and love is His While Him I love, in Him I live, and cannot live amiss faithmag.com/child-my-choice

We are all called to be saints. With the help of God’s grace, we can all become saints. That’s why this month’s FAITH podcast recommendation is Saints Alive: faithmag.com/saints-alive

October marks the 50th anniversary of St. Joseph the Betrothed Melkite Greek-Catholic parish. The anniversary marks 50 years since St. Joseph’s was established as a mission, but the story of Lansing’s Melkite Catholics reaches back more than a century: faithmag.com/golden-flame-la…

Three seminarians from the Diocese of Lansing currently living in Rome at the Pontifical North American College while they study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, sat down with FAITH magazine’s Mary Gates to share their experiences of life in Rome: faithmag.com/meet-diocese-la…

2026 marks 800 years since the death of St. Francis of Assisi at the age of 44. So, what does this saint, whose radical discipleship earned him the nickname ‘God’s fool’, mean to people today? FAITH Magazine asked four devotees of Francis from the Diocese faithmag.com/jubilee-year-st…

Raising saints is busy work. If seeing your kids as an extension of Jesus and finding delight in who he created them to be is something you’d like to work on, this article is for you: faithmag.com/take-time-cheri…

What is the “Good News” that we are supposed to be proclaiming? It can be difficult to boil our faith down to the essentials and explain it to someone who is unfamiliar with Catholicism. Read more: faithmag.com/what-good-news

As we prepare to mark the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s journey into eternal life, there is still much we can learn from the Little Poor One. It comforts me to know that his inspiration touched the lives of those who have been an inspiration to me. faithmag.com/journey-priestl…

If you get a chance, go visit our parish dedicated to St. Francis in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Perhaps such a pilgrimage may call forth from us some new working of the Holy Spirit for our salvation and that of our greater community. Read more: faithmag.com/assisis-call

The dedication for the month of September is Our Lady of Sorrows. Very apt since, with the days getting shorter, many of us begin to suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. But every year, there is hope rising like an uncertain sunrise in the spring: faithmag.com/healing-twiligh…

Pope Leo XIV designated Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026 as the 2026 World Day of Migrants and Refugees while the US bishops mark the week leading up to the World Day of Migrants and Refugees for focused parish activities, prayer services, and community outreach. faithmag.com/universal-churc…

Caravaggio’s The Calling of Saint Matthew hangs in the Contarelli chapel in Rome alongside two other scenes from the saint’s life: his inspired writing of the gospel and his martyrdom. Read more: faithmag.com/calling-saint-m…

Mary, Mungo, and Midge is a charming British children's television series created by the Catholic animator and cartoonist John Ryan (1921–2009). Ryan came from a distinguished Catholic family. Read more: faithmag.com/mary-mungo-and-…

The idea of a "secret life" might sound duplicitous, but Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) isn't hiding anything. He simply has an overactive imagination and “zones out,” living out imaginary scenarios in his mind. Read more: faithmag.com/secret-life-wal…

September is traditionally dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, inviting Catholics to contemplate a mother who did not flee from suffering, but stood faithfully beneath the Cross. Few hymns draw us into this mystery as powerfully as the Stabat Mater Dolorosa:faithmag.com/stabat-mater-do…

The Dominican Sisters Open Mic is a media apostolate of Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. As beloved daughters of the Diocese of Lansing, we'd like to think that FAITH Magazine is ahead of the cultural curve in recommending this podcast. faithmag.com/dominican-siste…

As students across the Diocese of Lansing return to school this fall, the fruits of the Stewardship for Saints and Scholars Campaign are evident. Read more: faithmag.com/fruits-saints-a…