Faith
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Saints
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Our Lady of the RosaryFeast Day: October 7th When the Holy League fleet of Christian allied forces (the Papacy, Spain, the Republic of Venice, Knights Hospitaller and several others) defeated the Ottoman Empire’s war ships in the Mediterranain… read more
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St. Thérèse of LisieuxFeast Day: October 1st The youngest daughter of a watchmaker, Thérèse wrote that her earliest childhood memories were filled with “smiles and tender caresses.” However, when she was… read more
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St. Jerome Feast Day: September 30 An enthusiastic college student who enjoyed visiting “the tombs of the martyrs and apostles” in the catacombs with his friends, Eusebius Hieronumus Sophronius (“Jerome”) was a brilliant… read more
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St. MatthewFeast Day: September 21st Matthew, Levi, Son of Alpheus, tax-collector. Regardless of his name, Matthew’s occupation meant both Jews and non-Jews alike would have hated him. Yet, when Jesus was passing through a Roman garrison town, He took note… read more
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St. Peter Claver Feast Day: September 9th The horror of human cargo being unpacked from the suffocating hell of slave ships was a frequent event in the New World’s Caribbean cities of Cartagena and Vera Cruz. Sick with disease and … read more
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St. Augustine Feast Day: August 28 One of the great figures of Western civilization, St. Augustine played many roles during his life: bishop, doctor of the church, philosopher, scholar, founder, and theologian. “Faith is to believe what… read more
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St. Rose of Lima Feast Day: August 23rd A child so strikingly beautiful she was renamed “Rose” after a maid saw her and said in amazement, “como una rosa” (like a rose), her life was a far cry from her namesake. As Rose grew… read more
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St. Thomas MoreFeast Day: June 22 An exceptional lawyer who embraced a philosophy of compassion and equality, Thomas More was a Londoner and devout Catholic. Originally drawn to monastic life, his father ordered him to get married and his household … read more
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Feast of the Holy TrinityJune 7 In 1680, after finishing a sermon before a crowd of thousands in an enormous Vienna square, Augustinian preacher Abraham Santa Clare asked the choir band to use their instruments to share their adoration and gratitude… read more
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Sister Margaret Mary AlacoqueFeast Day: June 6 Praying lying prostrate with her face to the ground, Sister Margaret hoped that her Holy Hour would enable her to share in the sadness of a Christ abandoned by His Apostles, Even as a little French girl… read more
