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by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | charity, Daily Quote, News, Saints, St. Catherine of Siena | 0 |
A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “I tell you, charity to our neighbors for God’s sake is the fire that cleanses the soul.” (Saint Catherine of Siena) The Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church (1347 – 138…
Read MoreA 65-foot-tall sculpture of Frei Damião, a major folk saint in the Northeast of Brazil, was unveiled on November 14 in Canafístula, a district in the city of Palmeira dos Índios in Alagoas State.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | Editor's Corner, News, Saints | 0 |
November 18th is also the optional memorial of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769 – 1852), a native of France, but who spent much of her life as a missionary in the American midwest, back when it was wild and wooly territory. She was from a noble family, whose fortunes somehow survived the persecutions of the[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Featured Highlights, News, Saints | 0 |
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday, 24 March 2010 Saint Albert the Great Dear Brothers and Sisters, One of the great masters of medieval theology is St Albert the Great. The title “Great”, (Magnus), with which he has passed into history indicates the vastness and depth of his teaching, which he combined with[…]
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The Roman Martyrology is a vital, if uncomfortable, antidote to many modern poisonous misconceptions.
by bcadmin | Nov 12, 2022 | Living the Faith, News, Saints, St. Martin of Tours | 0 |
Many who honor veterans on November 11th are unaware that the date of Veterans Day (also known as Armistice Day) was intentionally chosen to fall on the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, patron saint of soldiers. St. Martin of Tours was born in P…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | feast day, Featured, Mother Cabrini, News, Saints, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini | 0 |
A few years ago, the New York City public arts program decided to build more statues of women. When they held a poll to decide which statues to erect, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini received the most votes. Nevertheless, they decided not to include her. Citizens spoke up, however, and on Columbus Day 2020 a permanent […]
I was blessed with a vivid imagination as a child. It never took me very long to dive into my rich thoughts, filled with colors and sounds and landscapes and all sorts of people and animals. I think that’s why it wasn’t a far stretch for me to believe in what I could not see. […]
by bcadmin | Nov 8, 2022 | Jesus Christ, Knowing the Faith, Love, News, Saints | 0 |
There is a dimension of truth which most of us have tragically lost and need to recover, a dimension that cannot be put into words and sentences, though words and sentences can be used to suggest it. All premodern societies had this other dimension, ev…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | All Saints, All Saints Day, Countercultural and revolutionary, Featured, News, Saints, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The saints were not “starched,” picture-perfect conformists, Pope Francis said; they were “countercultural and revolutionary.”
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“There is only one tragedy in the end: Not to have been a saint.” (Charles Péguy) Sometimes when I think of All Saints Day I recall parties that my youth group and I enjoyed when I was a teenager. I remember dressing up as St. Thérèse, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and St. Kateri Tekakwitha. One […]
According to the twenty-first century multiculturalist, St. Martin of Tours was a cultural imperialist for overthrowing the pagan idols of his time.
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