Dec 30, 2020

Dr. William Marra discusses three saints of the era both important to him as an individual and central to Tridentine Reform. The character of St. Ignatius Loyola, his spiritual journey, his educational work, and his joint individual/communal devotional approach are examined. Taken from: Protestant Rebellion and Catholic...

Dec 30, 2020

Dr. William Marra shows us that St. Philip Neri was one of the great Roman reformers and educators of the Catholic Reformation era. He influenced all classes of society and encouraged the work of many scholars. Dr. Marra looks at Neri's unique devotional "style", involving a simultaneous call to the highest sanctity...

Dec 30, 2020

Dr. William Marra considers St. Teresa of Avila one of the most sympathetic figures of Church History. Like her fellow Spanish mystics, and the Jesuits as well, she was deeply aware that nature could be raised, here and now, to a closer union with God. As a great, practical religious reformer, she also recognized...