Archive for October 18, 2018
Prayers to St. Augustine of Hippo
Prayer to Saint Augustine of Hippo We humbly supplicate and beseech thee, O thrice-blessed Augustine, that thou wouldst be mindful of us poor sinners this day, daily, and at the hour of our death, that by thy merits and prayers we may be delivered from all evils, of soul as well as body, and daily […]
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Novena to St.Augustine of Hippo
Day 1 St. Augustine wrote: “No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains hidden even from his own spirit; but you, Lord, know everything about a human being because you have made him…Let me, then, confess what I […]
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St.Paul of the Cross
Born: Paolo Francesco Danei 3 January 1694 Ovada, Piedmont, Duchy of Savoy (now modern-day Italy) Died: 18 October 1775 (aged 81) Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Rome Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1 May 1853, Rome by Pope Pius IX Canonized 29 June 1867, Rome by Pope Pius IX Major shrine: Church of […]
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Martyrs of North America
Born: France Died: 17th century, Canada and Upstate New York Martyred: by Iroquois Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Anglican Church Beatified: June 21, 1925, Rome, by Pope Pius XI Canonized: June 29, 1930, Rome, by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: Martyrs’ Shrine, Midland, Ontario, Canada National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Auriesville, New York […]
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Bl.Burchard I of Halberstadt
Burchard I of Halberstadt, also Burchard of Nabburg, (* 1000 in Nabburg, † October 18, 1059 in Halberstadt ) was a German cleric and politician and Bishop of Halberstadt. Life Burchard was a son of Heinrich von Schweinfurt , margrave in the Bavarian Nordgau, and the Gerberga von Henneberg , a daughter of Count Otto […]
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St.Peter of Alcantara
Born: 1499 Alcántara, Spain Died: 18 October, 1562 (aged 62-63) Arenas de San Pedro, Spain Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified April 18, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV Canonized: April 28, 1669 by Pope Clement IX Feast: October 19 Attributes: Franciscan habit Patronage Brazil, Eucharistic adoration, Extremadura, Pakil, Laguna He was born at Alcántara, Province […]
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St.Isaac Jogues
Born: 10 January 1607 Orléans, Orléanais, Kingdom of France Died: 18 October 1646 (aged 39) Ossernenon, Canada, New France Venerated in Catholic Church (Canada and the United States) Beatified: 21 June 1925, Rome, Italy, by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 29 June 1930, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: National Shrine of the North […]
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St.Luke the Evangelist
Born: Antioch, Syria, Roman Empire Died: March 84 AD Near Boeotia, Greece Venerated in In all Christian Churches Major shrine: Padua, Italy Feast: 18 October Attributes: Evangelist, Physician, a bishop, a book or a pen, a man accompanied by a winged ox/winged calf/ox, a man painting an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a brush]or […]
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