We All Have Crosses to Carry
By Susan Ciancio Every parent’s nightmare is losing a child. On Friday, we celebrate the feast day of a young woman who died too soon…
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10 Quotes from St. John Paul II That Teach Us How to Love
By Susan Ciancio On Friday we celebrate the remarkable life of Karol Wojtyla, the man who would become St. John Paul II. Elected pope in…
Celebrate the Feast of St. Gerard Majella
By Susan Ciancio As adults, we often pray to discern the will of God, but do we teach our children to do so? Teaching them…
Make Me an Instrument of Peace
By Susan Ciancio October 4 is a very special feast day—the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis was a young man who renounced…
31 Unique Ways to Celebrate Life This October!
By Susan Ciancio October is almost upon us! Crisp air, comfy sweaters, beautiful leaves, and apple picking are just a few of the things people…
What We Can Learn from the Man in an Iron Lung
By Susan Ciancio The human will is a spectacular thing. I was reminded of this recently as I watched a YouTube video about one of…
Celebrate the Nativity of Mary Today
By Susan Ciancio Today we celebrate the Nativity of Mary—the day that Mary was born without original sin. What an immense blessing! Mary’s fiat—her “yes”…
The Love of St. Teresa of Calcutta
By Susan Ciancio This weekend, we will celebrate the feast day of a woman who spent her life caring for the poorest of the poor.…
Why CLSP? And Why Now?
By Susan Ciancio American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program is a Catholic pro-life educational program for students preschool aged through high school. Our…
Pro-Life Lessons for the New School Year
By Susan Ciancio Can you feel the excitement in the air? It’s nearly the beginning of another school year—another year to learn with your students,…
Our Blessed Mother’s Assumption into Heaven
By Susan Ciancio In 1950, Pope Pius XII wrote Munificentissimus Deus—an apostolic constitution that defined the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. The Holy Father…
Build a Culture of Life Using St. Teresa’s Example
By Susan Ciancio In Matthew 25:34-36, Christ teaches: “The king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father.…