With a dash of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious magic and a farewell complete with a flying umbrella, who could ever forget the classic Mary Poppins? The beloved Disney nanny Mary Poppins, portrayed...

Deacon Winton DeRosia serves as a deacon at Christ the King Parish, located in Concord, New Hampshire. DeRosia wrote the homily, “First Sunday in Advent” as a reminder of the illusion and threat hidden...

Born in 1817, a time when the United States was testing out life as an independent country, Henry David Thoreau lived to become a teacher, a businessman at his father’s pencil factory, and most notably,...

A french novelist, Marcel Proust authored a seven-volume novel named À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). Proust based this series off his own personal life, exploring homosexuality,...

[dropcap style="light" size="5" class="A"]F[/dropcap]amous for leading the Indian independence movement starting in 1914, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on Oct. 2, 1869 and studied law in London,...

A patron of brewers, Saint Augustine of Hippo converted to Catholicism from a life of partying and entertainment. He serves as an inspiration and guiding figure to those who wish to break away from vices...

An influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure, Confucius was born in 551 B.C. in the Lu state of China. Many of his aphorisms have been passed down throughout the years and his teachings...

Born as Aubrey Drake Graham in Toronto, Ontario, Drake was raised by his mother in Toronto after his parents divorced when he was five. Although Drake dropped out of Forest Hill Collegiate Institute,...

An accomplished film director, philosopher, author and poet, Suzy Kassem was born in Toledo, Ohio. Influenced by her Egyptian heritage, Kassem is known to draw parallels between Eastern and Western civilizations...