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St. Matthias 
-- 14 May 2021
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| How does one qualify to be an apostle?
The first act of the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus was to find a replacement for Judas. With all the questions, doubts, and dangers facing them, they ... READ MORE |
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St. John the Silent -- 13 May 2021
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| Birth: 452
Death: 558
Bishop of Colonia in Palestine and a hermit. Born in Nicopolis, Armenia, he established a monastery at the age of eighteen. Appointed a bishop at the age of twenty-eight, he ... 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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St. Ignatius of Laconi -- 11 May 2021
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| Birth: 1701
Death: 1781
Ignatius was the son of a poor farmer in Laconi, Italy. He was born on December 17, 1701. When he was about seventeen, he became very ill. He promised to be a Franciscan if... READ MORE |
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St. Damien of Molokai
-- 10 May 2021
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| Patron: of people with leprosy
Birth: 1840
Death: 1889
Beatified: June 4th, 1995, Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Koekelberg), Brussels, by Pope John Paul II
Canonized: October 11th, 2009, Vatican C... READ MORE |
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ST. MACARIUS of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was a Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder or Macarius the Great. -- 19 January 2023
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| Macarius was born in Lower Egypt. A late tradition places his birthplace in the village of Shabsheer (Shanshour), Roman Egypt around 300 AD. At some point before his pursuit of asceticism, Macarius ma... READ MORE |
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Bl. Charles the Good -- 02 March 2022
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| Birth: 1083
Death: 1127
In 1086, St. Canute, King of Denmark and father of Blessed Charles the Good, was slain in St. Alban's Church, Odence. Charles who was only a few years old was taken by his ... READ MORE |
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Saint Catherine Dei Ricci -- 13 February 2023
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She was born Alessandra Lucrezia Romola de' Ricci in Florence to Pier Francesco de' Ricci, of a patrician family, and his wife, Caterina Bonza, who died soon after. At age 6 or 7, her father enrolled ... READ MORE |
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St. Valentine -- 14 February 2023
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Saint Valentine (Italian: San Valentino; Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle ... READ MORE |
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Saint Juliana of Nicomedia -- 16 February 2023
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Saint Juliana of Nicomedia is said to have suffered Christian martyrdom during the Diocletianic persecution in 304.
She was popular in the Middle Ages, especially in the Netherlands, as the patron s... READ MORE |
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