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Sts. Joachim and Anne 
-- 26 July 2021
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| Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholi... READ MORE |
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St. James the Greater
-- 25 July 2021
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| Patron: of pilgrims and Spain
Death: 44
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disc... READ MORE |
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St. John Boste -- 24 July 2021
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| Birth: 1544
Death: 1594
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and rec... READ MORE |
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St. Bridget of Sweden -- 23 July 2021
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| Patron: of Sweden
Saint Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland's Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. Birgitta's family was pious... READ MORE |
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St. Mary Magdalene
-- 22 July 2021
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| Patron: of contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumeries, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women
St. Mary Magdale... READ MORE |
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St. Peter Claver
-- 09 September 2020
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| Patron: Saint of Negro Missions
Birth: 1580
Death: 1654
St. Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain, in 1580, of impoverished parents descended from ancient and distinguished families. H... READ MORE |
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St. Peter Regulatus -- 30 March 2022
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| Birth: 1390
Death: 1456
Also Peter Regalado, Franciscan reformer. Peter was born at Valladolid, Spain, to a noble family, and entered the Franciscan Order in his native city at the age of thirteen... READ MORE |
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St. Stephen the Great -- 16 August 2021
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| Patron: of Hungary
Death: 1038
St. Stephen the Great (977-1038), was the son of the Magyar chieftain Geza, Stephen succeeded him as leader in 997. Already raised a Christian, in 996 he wed the dau... READ MORE |
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St. Germaine Cousin -- 15 June 2020
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| Patron: victims of child abuse
Birth: 1579
Death: 1601
When Hortense decided to marry Laurent Cousin in Pibrac, France, it was not out of love for his infant daughter. Germaine was everything Hor... READ MORE |
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Sts. Nereus & Achilleus
-- 12 May 2021
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| So often we hear people or even ourselves excuse an action by saying "I was only following orders." But for Nereus and Achilleus this excuse could not stand in the face of the cross.
Everything we ... READ MORE |
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