April 2020 – Mission of Jesus

Novena to St. Peregrine Laziosi

(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days)Glorious wonder-worker, St. Peregrine, you answered the divine call with a ready spirit and forsook all the comforts of a life of ease and all the empty honors of the world to dedicate yourself to God in the Order of His holy Mother. You labored manfully for the […]

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Prayers to St. Peregrine Laziosi

Prayer to St. Peregrine Laziosi St. Peregrine, whom Holy Mother Church has declared Patron of those suffering from Cancer, I confidently turn to you for help in my present sickness. I beg your kind intercession. Ask God to relieve me of this sickness, if it be his Holy Will. Plead with the Blessed Virgin Mary, […]

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St. Peregrine Laziosi

Born: c. 1260, Forlì, Italy Died: May 1, 1345 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Canonized: December 27, 1726, by Pope Benedict XIII Feast: May 1 Patronage: persons suffering from cancer, AIDS, or other illnesses Saint Peregrine Laziosi (Pellegrino Latiosi) (c. 1260 – 1 May 1345) is an Italian saint of the Servite Order (Friar Order Servants of Mary). […]

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St. Richard Pampuri

Born: 2 August 1897 Trivolzio, Pavia, Kingdom of Italy Died: 1 May 1930 in Milan, Italy of pleurisy, tuberculosis and pneumonia Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God) Beatified: 4 October 1981, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 1 November 1989, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican […]

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Prayers to St. Joseph

Prayer to St. Joseph Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God. I place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our […]

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St. Joseph the Worker

On May 1, 1955, Pope Pius XII granted a public audience to the Catholic Association of Italian Workers, whose members had gathered in Saint Peter’s Square to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their society. They were solemnly renewing, in common, their promise of loyalty to the social doctrine of the Church, and it was on […]

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