Tag: Prayer
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Pope St Pius X
Featured Saint: Pope Saint Pius X (1835 – 1915) Pope Saint Pius was born in Riese, Italy. He was taught Latin by his Parish Priest and received a scholarship from his Diocese to attend the Seminary of Padua. Pope St Pius was ordained a Priest in 1858 and appointed Chaplain, while continuing his studies. He was…
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St Bernard Clairvaux
Featured Saint: St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153) St Bernard was born into royalty, the third in a family of ten children at Fontaine-Les-Dijon, France. He excelled at school and developed a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary; a devotion that, in later life, he preached to others. At 19, St Bernard’s mother…
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St John Eudes
Featured Saint: St John Eudes (1601 – 1680) St John Eudes was born into a farming family at Ri, France. He decided at an early age to devote his life to God and took a vow of chastity. He studied with the Jesuits and later the Oratorians, and was ordained a Priest in 1625. Immediately…
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St Louis of Toulouse
Featured Saint: St Louis of Toulouse (1274 – 1297) St Louis was born into royalty at Brignoles, France. When his father, Charles of Anjou, was taken prisoner during the war with King Peter, St Louis and his two brothers were used as hostages to obtain his freedom. St Louis and his brothers were placed under…
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St Joan of the Cross
Featured Saint: St Joan of the Cross (1666 – 1736) St Joan was born the youngest of twelve children in Saumur, France. Her father was a draper and her mother ran a shop selling religious objects to pilgrims attending a local Blessed Virgin Mary Shrine. At 25, St Joan took over the running of her…
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St Stephen of Hungary
Featured Saint: St Stephen of Hungary (975ca – 1038) St Stephen was born an only son in Esztergom, Hungary. He was the first King of Hungary from 1000 until his death in 1038. St Stephen was a devout Christian and, as King, he promoted the spread of Christianity with sometimes, “punishments for ignoring Christian customs”!…
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Assumption of Mary Into Heaven
Feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven + In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen + Short Story: The Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear a Son, Jesus. The Angel also said that her cousin Elizabeth was already six months…
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St Maximilian Klobe
Featured Saint: St Maximilian Kolbe (1894 – 1941) St Maximilian Kolbe was born in Zduriska Wola, Poland. He was the second of five brothers. His father was an ethnic German and mother Polish. His father was hanged by the Russians for fighting for an independent Poland. St Maximilian and his elder brother Francis joined the…
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St Pontian & Hippolytus
Featured Saint: St Pontian (200ca – 235) & Hippolytus (170 – 235) St Pontian was Pope from 230 to 235. His early Pontificate was generally peaceful, under the then Roman rulers, but when Emperor Maximus was appointed, Christianity was no longer tolerated. Pope Saint Pontian was arrested along with St Hippolytus, who was a rival…
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St Jane Frances de Chantal
Featured Saint: St Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 -1641) St Jane Frances was born in Dijon, France. She was the daughter of the President of the Burgundy Parliiment. At 20, she married a Baron and they lived in the Castle of Bourbilly. At 28, St Jane was widowed, with four children, when her husband was…