Tag: Prayer Calendar
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14th February: St Valentine
Featured Saint: St Valentine (Died ca 269 on 14th February) There are many legends relating to probably many St Valentines! However, the St Valentine celebrated today was a Priest and Christian martyr who died on the Via Flaminia, Rome. He was arrested for marrying Christian couples during the Roman reign of Emperor Claudius II. Christians were…
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13th February: St Catherine
Featured Saint: St Catherine de Ricci (1522-1590) St Catherine was born in Florence, Italy. From an early age she developed a lifelong devotion to Christ’s Passion. She joined an enclosed community of the Sisters of St Dominic, becoming a nun and later a Prioress. Her advice was greatly respected and sought after by many, including Priests,…
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12th February: Blessed Pius IX
Featured Person: Blessed Pius IX (1792-1878) Blessed Pius was born into a noble family in Senigallia, Italy. He was appointed not only Pope but Sovereign Ruler of the then Papal States; Papal State sovereignty ended in 1870. Blessed Pius was, ‘a restless and radical reformer and innovator of Church life and its structures’. His reforms…
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11th February: Our Lady of Lourdes
Featured: Our Lady of Lourdes Every year millions of people from all religions and no religion, travel to France to visit the site of Lourdes. It was there that the Blessed Virgin Mary first appeared on 11th February 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous, a poor 14yr old peasant. At first the young girl and her friends…
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10th February: St Scholastica
Featured Saint: St Scholastica (ca 480-542) St Scholastica was born into a wealthy family in Nursia, Italy. Both Scholastica and her twin brother Benedict, entered monasteries and formed their own communities, sited about five miles apart. They regularly visited each other as brother and sister for spiritual enrichment, meeting away from their monasteries so they didn’t…
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7th February: St Colette
Featured Saint: St Colette (1381-1447) St Colette was born into a poor family in Corbie, France. It is said that her aged parents prayed to St Nicolas for a child and, through his intercession, at 60yrs, her mother Marguerite gave birth to Colette. After her parent’s death, St Colette aged 19yrs, firstly joined a lay…
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6th February: St Paul Miki & Companions
Featured Saint: St Paul Miki and twenty five others (Died 5th February 1597) All 26 martyrs, were executed for their faith by crucifixion and spearing, at Nagasaki, Japan. They included 17 Japanese laymen (amongst them 3 boys, the youngest 12yrs), 3 Japanese Jesuits, 4 Spanish, 1 Mexican and 1 Indian. By the end of the…
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5th February: St Agatha
Featured Saint: St Agatha (Died approx. 251) St Agatha was born into a rich family in Catania, Sicily, Italy. She refused to marry a Roman of High Office who subsequently persecuted her for her beliefs. It is said that he sent her to a brothel but Agatha, remained intractable. He then imprisoned and tortured her including,…
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4th February: St Joseph of Leonessa
Featured Saint: St Joseph of Leonessa (1556-1612) Joseph was born in Leonessa, Italy. In his childhood, it is said that he regularly built small altars and grottos at which he prayed and invited his friends. Although expected to get married, after recovering from a serious illness, he instead joined the Franciscian Order; he was 16yrs old. Aged 31,…
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3rd February: St Blaise
Featured Saint: St Blaise (Died approx. 316) St Blaise was a medical doctor and believed to have been what we might call today, a throat specialist. When the Bishop of Sebaste in modern Turkey died, he was a popular appointment to his position. A very devout and holy man, St Blaise performed numerous miracles in his lifetime. However,…