Gaudete Sunday: Meaning and Symbolism
Impatience taught me my very first Latin word.
Novalis Seeds of Faith
In Our Prayers
The staff at Novalis joins the world in mourning the horrific loss of lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. We pray for the students, the staff, their families and a community left reeling from this unimaginable tragedy.…
St. John of the Cross: Spirituality and Silence in the Modern World
According to St. John of the Cross, God speaks in silence. The challenge for us is to learn how to speak his language. “It is best to learn to silence the faculties and cause them to be still, so that…
Our Lady of Guadalupe: An Immigrant Church
Today Catholics across the Americas celebrate the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. While the day commemorates Saint Juan Diego’s vision of Mary in 1531, it also celebrates a deeper reality, that of the Church’s catholicity. While the Church had…
Introducing Our Newest Staff Member, Glenn Byer
Our new Associate Publisher, Glenn Byer, takes some time to tell us about his background, this upcoming year, some inspiring reading, and the Christmas season.
Novalis Launches New Blog: Seeds of Faith
We launch this blog today, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, because it reminds us of a particular moment in time. For it was on this day, back in 1935, that the seeds of Novalis were sown.