Archive for September 23, 2020
Bl. Jozef Stanek
Born: 4 December 1916 in Lapsze Nizne, Poland Died: hanged on 23 September 1944 in a ruined factory in the Solec district of Czerniaków, Poland, body left to hang as an example to others, the chapel in the Warsaw Uprising Museum is named in his honourBeatified: 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, […]
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St. Thecla of Iconium
Died: late 1st century of natural causes, buried in Seleucia, Pamphylia, Anatolia (in modern Turkey) First century convert in Iconium, brought to the faith by the preaching of Saint Paul the Apostle; her family threw her out. She dedicated herself to God, became a spiritual student of Saint Paul, and assisted him in his travels […]
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Novena to St. Padre Pio
First day Beloved Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who bore on your body the signs of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, you took the Cross to the ends of the world while enduring the physical and moral sufferings that scourged your body in a continuous martyrdom. We beg you to pray to God […]
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Prayers to St. Padre Pio
Prayer for the Intercession of St. Padre Pio Dear God, You generously blessed Your servant, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, with the gifts of the Spirit. You marked his body with the five wounds of Christ Crucified, as a powerful witness to the saving Passion and Death of Your Son. Endowed with the gift of discernment, […]
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St. Padre Pio
Born: 25 May 1887 Pietrelcina, Benevento, Kingdom of Italy Died: 23 September 1968 (aged 81) San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy Resting place Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Venerated: in Catholic Church Beatified: 2 May 1999, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 16 June 2002, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City […]
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