Archive for October 20, 2018
Novena to St.Hedwig of Silesia
(A novena – a prayer recited every day for nine days – may be made any time of the year.) O St Hedwig, in this world you rejected the honors of the Court, its pomp, luxury and pleasures, and went to be with the poor to help them in the destitution and misery of life. […]
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Prayer to St.Hedwig of Silesia
You, St Hedwig, were, here on earth, the protector of the poor and marginalized, helper of those in debt. Now, you are in heaven where you enjoy the eternal reward of the charity you practiced. Confidently I ask you to be my advocate to obtain from God the grace of (mention your request) and also […]
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Prayer to Saints Achilleus and Nereus
Father, we honour Saints Nereus and Achilleus for their courage in dying to profess their faith in Christ. May we experience the help of their prayers at the throne of your mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for […]
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St.Laura of St.Catherine of Siena
Born: 26 May 1874 Jericó, Antioquía, United States of Colombia Died: 21 October 1949 (aged 75) Belencito, Medellín, Antioquía, Colombia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 25 April 2004, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 12 May 2013, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis Feast: 21 October Attributes: […]
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St.Wendelin
Born: 554 in Scotland Died: 617 at Tholey, Germany of natural causes Prince of Scotland, the son of King Forchado and Queen Irelina. Educated by the local bishop, Wendelin decided to abandon life in the royal family, and devote himself to God. Dressed as a pilgrim, Wendelin left his castle home in the middle of […]
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St.Ursula and her Companions
Died: October 21, 383 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (formerly) Anglican Communion Major shrine: Church of St. Ursula, Cologne Feast: October 21 Attributes: arrow; banner; cloak; clock; maiden shot with arrows; depicted accompanied by a varied number of companions who are being martyred in various ways; ship Patronage Cologne, England, archers, orphans, female students, Binangonan, […]
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Bl.Oleksa Zaryckyj
Birth: 1912 Death: 1963 Beatified: by Pope John Paul II Feastday: October 20 Oleksa Zaryckyj was born October 17, 1912 in the village of Bilco, region of Ukraine in Lviv (Lvov). In 1931 he entered the seminary in Lviv and five years after he was ordained to the priesthood by Metropolitan Sheptytsky as a diocesan […]
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St.Acca of Hexham
Born: 660 Died: 740 or 742 Venerated: in Roman Catholicism; Anglicanism; Eastern Orthodoxy Major shrine: Hexham Abbey, Northumberland (part of his cross survives) Feast: 20 October Life Born in Northumbria, Acca first served in the household of Bosa, the future Bishop of York, but later attached himself to Wilfrid, possibly as early as 678, and […]
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St.Maria Bertilla Boscardin
Born: 6 October 1888 Brendola, Veneto, Italy Died: 20 October 1922 (aged 34) Treviso, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified June 8, 1952 by Pope Pius XII Canonized: May 11, 1961 by Pope John XXIII Major shrine: Vicenza, Veneto, Italy Feast: October 20 Maria Bertilla Boscardin (6 October 1888 – 20 October 1922) was […]
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