Archive for January 12, 2019
Bl. Eurosia Fabris
Born: 27 September 1866 Quinto Vicentino, near Vicenza, Italy Died: 8 January 1932 (aged 65) Marola, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 6 November 2005, Vicenza, Italy by Pope Benedict XVI Feast: 8 January Patronage: Catechists, Families Blessed Eurosia Fabris (September 27, 1866 – January 8, 1932), also known as Mamma Rosa, was best […]
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St. Apollinaris of Hierapolis
Little is known of his early life. Apollinaris was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, in Asia Minor. Eusebius, Jerome, Theodoret, and others spoke of him in the highest terms and furnished us with the few facts that are known about him. Apollinaris became famous for his polemical treatises against the heretics of his time, showing […]
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St. Lucian the Syrian
Saint Lucian was born at Samosata in Syria. Having lost his parents in his youth, he distributed to the poor all his worldly goods, of which he had inherited an abundant share, and withdrew to Edessa, to live near a holy man named Macarius, who imbued his mind with a knowledge of Holy Scripture and […]
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Bl. Matthew of Agrigento
Born: 1377 on the Via Arco di San Francesco di Paola in Rabbato, Agrigento, Italy Died: 7 January 1450 in the Franciscan monastery of Santa Maria di Gesù, Palermo, Sicily (in modern Italy) of natural causes Buried: at the Santa Maria di Gesù monastery, miracles reported at the grave Beatified: 21 February 1767 by Pope Clement […]
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Prayers to St. Raymond of Penyafort
Prayer to St. Raymond of Penyafort O God, You Who chose blessed Raymond to be a renowned minister of the sacrament of Penance, and miraculously brought him through the waves of the sea, grant that by his intercession we may produce good results from our penitence and reach the heaven of eternal salvation. Through Jesus […]
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St. Raymond of Penyafort
Born: ca. 1175 Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, Crown of Aragon Died: 6 January 1275 (age 100) Barcelona, Crown of Aragon Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1542, Rome by Pope Paul III Canonized: 29 April 1601, Rome by Pope Clement VIII Major shrine: Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Feast: […]
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St. Charles of Sezze
Born: 19 October 1613 Sezze, Papal States Died: 6 January 1670 (aged 56) Rome, Papal States Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 22 January 1882, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 12 April 1959, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John XXIII Major shrine: San Francesco a Ripa, Rome, […]
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Prayers to St. André Bessette
Prayer to St. André Bessette Saint Brother Andre, we celebrate your presence among us. Your loving friendship with Jesus, Mary and Joseph makes you a powerful intercessor with the Holy Father. Compassion carries your words straight to God’s heart, and your prayers are answered and bring comfort and healing. Through you, from our lips to […]
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St. André Bessette
Born: August 9, 1845 Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Canada Died: January 6, 1937 (aged 91) Montreal, Quebec, Canada Venerated: in Catholic Church (Canada and the United States, and the Congregation of Holy Cross) Beatified: May 23, 1982, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, by Pope John Paul II Canonized: October 17, 2010, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by […]
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Perpetual Novena of Hope in Honour of St. Charles of Mt. Argus
(Please recite this novena for 9 days) O God our Father, we thank you for your care of each one of us. Thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, to share in our weak human nature. He suffered as we do, and He is gone before us to prepare a place for us in Heaven […]
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