Tag: Prayer
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St Clare of Assisi
Featured Saint: St Clare of Assisi (1194 – 1253) St Clare was born the eldest daughter of a devout family in Assisi, Italy. Prayer was a central rock within their family life. St Clare, deciding against marriage and, with the advice and help of St Francis of Assisi, secretly went to a Benedictine convent. Her…
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St Lawrence
Featured Saint: St Lawrence (225ca – 258) St Lawrence was born in Huesca, Spain. During his studies in Zaragoza he met the future Pope Sixtus II, who was then a highly respected teacher. When Sixtus became Pope in 257, he appointed St Lawrence, the first among seven Deacons. This was a very privileged position which…
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St Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Featured Saint: St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) (1891 – 1942) St Teresa Benedicta was born the youngest of eleven children into a Jewish family at Breslau, Germany. By her teenage years, she had become an atheist. A talented academic, she studied at the University of Breslau and received a Doctorate from Gottingen…
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St Dominic
Featured Saint: St Dominic (1170 – 1221) St Dominic was born in Calaruega, Spain. He was educated at Palencia, devoting six years to the Arts and four to Theology. During his studies he joined an Order that followed the rule of St Benedict and at the time of the great famine, he sold his entire…
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St Cajetan
Featured Saint: St Cajetan (1480 – 1547) St Cajetan was born into a high ranking noble family at Vincenza, Italy. His father died when he was two years old so, he was brought up by his pious mother. St Cajetan received a good education and studied Civil and Canon Law at the University of Padua.…
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Transfiguration of Jesus
Feast Day: Transfiguration of Jesus Today we recall the Transfiguration of Jesus. The transfiguration occurred when Jesus took three of his Apostles to a high mountain and the prophets Moses and Elijah appeared to Him. Then a voice from heaven, God the Father, spoke. The event is one of the five pivotal moments in Jesus’…
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Dedication of St Mary Basilica
Featured: Dedication of St Mary Basilica This is one of the oldest feast days in the Catholic Church. It commemorates the dedication of the restored Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the largest Church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rome. The original Church was built between 351 and 366. The Feast Day is also referred…
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St John Vianney
Featured Saint: St John Vianney (1786 – 1859) St John Vianney was born the fourth of six children into a devout Catholic family at Dardilly, France. His early life was greatly affected by the French Revolution. As a young boy he became familiar with the lengths people went to, to keep their religious practice a…
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St Eusabius of Vercelli
Featured Saint: St Eusebius of Vercelli (283ca – 371) St Eusabius was born in Sardinia. He was a Church Reader and, in recognition of his piety and devotion, he was appointed Bishop of Vercelli in preference to other local candidates. St Eusabius led his clergy to live a monastic style life. He was exiled for…
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St Peter Julian Eymard
Featured Saint: St Peter Julian Eymard (1811 – 1868) St Peter Julian Eymard was born an only son into a poor family at La Mure, France. In his early years he developed an intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and would travel on foot to many distant shrines. St Peter’s father was opposed to…