The Feast of St Joseph
Today is the Feast of St Joseph. We don’t know much about Jesus’ earthly father. We know he was […]
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Church Feast Days Saints
Church Feast Days Lent Saints
10 Saints To Inspire You During Lent – Part Two
Last week, we began looking at saints who can inspire you during Lent. This week, we’ll be focusing on the
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Pope Francis Saints
Inspiring Our Pope: Francis Often Speaks of Paul VI’s Influence on Him
While Pope Francis thinks Blessed Paul VI wrote “the greatest pastoral document that has ever been written,” great writing does not make a pope a saint.
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Church Lent Saints
10 Saints To Inspire You During Lent – Part One
We are now entering the stage of Lent in which we tend to falter a little in keeping to our Lenten vows. The temptation to just forget about them for a few minutes (or hours, or days, etc), or the feeling of outright giving up because you believe you simply cannot commit to your resolutions becomes strong.
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Church Religious Art Saints
Gallery Exhibit Explores St Francis’ Reception of Stigmata
St. Francis of Assisi’s reception of the stigmata, the wounds of Christ, at La Verna in Italy and its depiction by artists beginning in the 15th century is the focus of a National Gallery of Art exhibit.
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Church Saints
Paul VI Set to be Saint
The Congregation for the Causes of Saints approved has the second miracle needed for the canonisation of Blessed Pope Paul VI, allowing his canonisation to take place, possibly later this year.
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Benedict Daswa Saints
Blessed Benedict Daswa Feast Day!
The theme for this year’s feast of Bl Benedict Daswa is “Called to be Jesus’ disciples like Bl Benedict Daswa”. The celebrations of the feast day will take place on February 1 at Tshitanini Village near Ṱhohoyandou, where the future shrine and pilgrimage centre will be located.
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Saints
Clare of Assisi and Therese of Lisieux
It’s good to have new biographical works of two women saints: St. Clare of Assisi and St. Therese of Lisieux. Both are famous saints to Catholics, but there is limited knowledge of them outside the church. These publications may correct that.
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Christian Mission Religious Life Saints
The Vagabond of God
By Didier Rance – The life and work of John Bradburne, the Vagabond of God , who was killed in 1979 in what is now Zimbabwe, had a powerful impact on me. I came to him late, indeed, after I had been working for more than 30 years studying the Catholic martyrs of our time.
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