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Bl. Ivan Ziatyk
Born: 26 December 1899 at Odrekhiv, in present day Poland Died: Easter Sunday, 17 May 1952 from injuries received in a beating three days earlier at Ozerlah, Irkhutsk, Russia, buried at Ozerlah Beatified: 27 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II in Ukraine Greek Catholic. Graduated high school in 1919, and obtained a degree in […]
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St. Giulia Salzano
Born: 13 October 1846 Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Province of Caserta, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: 17 May 1929 (aged 82) Casoria, Naples, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 27 April 2003, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized: 17 October 2010, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City […]
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St. Paschal Baylon
Born: 24 May 1540 (feast of Pentecost) at Torre Hermosa, Aragon, (modern Spain) Died: 15 May 1592 (feast of Pentecost) at Villa Reale, Spain of natural causes Canonized: 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII Patronage: cooks, shepherds, Eucharistic congresses and organizations (proclaimed by Pope Leo XIII on 28 November 1897), diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de […]
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Bl. Vladimir Ghika
Born: 25 December 1873 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Died: 16 May 1954 (aged 80) Jilava, Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Beatified: 31 August 2013, Bucharest, Romania by Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., representing Pope Francis Major shrine: St. Basil’s Greek Catholic Church, Bucharest, Romania Feast: 16 May Vladimir Ghika or Ghica (25 […]
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St. Andrew Bobola
Born: 1591 Sandomir Palatine, Lesser Poland, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Died: 16 May 1657 Janów, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Venerated: in Roman Catholicism (by Poland and the Society of Jesus) Beatified: 30 October 1853, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX Canonized: 17 April 1938, Vatican City by Pope […]
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Scapular Novena
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days.)First DayThe prayer Flos Carmeli (Flower of Carmel) was composed by St. Simon Stock and in answer he received the Scapular from Our Blessed Mother. O Beautiful Flower Of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendour of heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the son of God, still ever […]
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Prayer of St. Simon Stock
O beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, Splendor of Heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a Pure Virgin, assist me in this necessity. O Star of the sea, help and protect me! Show me that Thou art my Mother. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for […]
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