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NEW PATRONESS FOR CONTEMPLATIVES
When I was younger in religious life I had great admiration for ELIZABETH of the TRINITY, who is soon to be canonized. While she was a Carmelite, who closely followed in the footsteps of the great St....
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NEW AMERICAN SAINT
We will soon have two new saints in our list of Americans both of whom lived and died in our lifetime. The first is BLESSED ELIZABETH HESSELBLAD (1870-1957), soon to be canonized. She was a Swedish...
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NEW HAMPSHIRE'S FIRST SAINT?
The second of our new American saints is Venerable BROTHER WILLIAM GAGNON (1905-72), who was born in Dover, New Hampshire. He entered the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God in Quebec, and died in...
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JESUIT MARTYR WHO LOVED THE HEART OF JESUS
I have recently read two books by (or about) a Jesuit. Having been trained by these amazing men in college I have a special affinity for them, though in many cases of late they have gotten a bad...
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ANOTHER SAINT of MERCY - JESUIT WORKER
Wm. McNicholsEGIDE van BROECKHOVEN, was a Belgian Jesuit who died in 1967 at 34, crushed by a steel plate at the factory where he worked. Over a period of ten years he wrote down spiritual comments...
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IRISH JESUIT- HERO OF THE TRENCHES
Several more Jesuit saints to be remembered, who were in the seminary together.FATHER WILLIE DOYLE, S.J.(1873-1917), was an Irish Jesuit priest who was killed in action during the First World War. Born...
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CHRIST AT DACHAU
Every once in a while a story comes across my screen that I feel is worth sharing- This priest reminds me of our good friend Venerable Father Walter Ciszek (see Blog Mar. 15, 2012).FATHER HERMANN...
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IRISH JESUIT of the POOR
Another Jesuit who knew our last saint to be, Father Willie Doyle, is VENERABLE FATHER JOHN SULLIVAN,SJ(1861-1933). He was an Irish Catholic priest widely known for his life of prayer and personal...
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JOYFUL JESUIT
I recently finished two excellent books I recommend to everyone.Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor and Laughter are at the Heart of the Spiritual Lifeby James Martin, S.J. who is the cultural...
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ARMENIA
The Holy Father is in ARMENIA, a place I know little about, but feel a distant “bond” through my Mother. She grew up in Fresno, California where many Armenians came after WWI to settle. From them she...
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OUR MERCIFUL FRIENDS
Nowitzki Tramonto- PhilippinesOne of the problems in our Church today, is that many who receive weekly RCIA learn the tenets of our faith, but since there is so little time to cram in 2000 years of...
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SAINTS OF MERCY
Los Angeles CathedralMERCYtells us who God is. It is expressed most fully in the person of Jesus Christ, but also in the lives of the saints. The saints depended on God’s mercy and freely shared it...
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BENEDICTINE MODEL FOR TODAY'S YOUTH
AnotherBenedictine will be added to the roster of saints. In a June 14 audience with the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Pope Francis approved the publication of decrees that...
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TODAY'S YOUTH CELEBRATE
This month we had our local youth here to help with haying, building and praying. Some will be going to Poland at the end of the month for WYD and then on to other shrines in Europe such as Lourdes in...
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NEW CALIFORNIA SAINT
It is always a joy to find someone up for sainthood who lived in our lifetime and so close to home!BISHOP ALPHONSE GALLEGOS (1931-1991), O.A.R., was a Roman Catholic bishop who was declared Venerable...
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ST. BENEDICT AND THE LITURGY
Dennis Marx, OSB- Mt Angel Abbey, ORIt is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on monasticism in the West. SAINT BENEDICT is well...
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OBLATE ARTIST
Some interesting art for the feast of St. Benedict by a Benedictine Oblate, one who influenced Catholic art in the USA.Born in 1920 in St. Paul, FRANK KACMARIKwon a scholarship to the...
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JESUIT LEADER FOR JUSTICE
Continuing with the theme of great Jesuits I give you one of my favorites, a man of astute insight and humility. PEDRO ARRUPE, SJ,was the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, leading the...
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ANOTHER JESUIT BLESSED
Recently I did the Blog on. Alfred Delp, SJ. In the biography it mentionsBL. RUPERT MAYERone of Father Alfred’s mentors. He was born on 23 January 1876 in Stuttgart, Germany. On completing his...
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JESUIT AMONG THE NATIVES
Another amazing and interesting Jesuit for consideration is BROTHER VICENTE CANAS (1939- 1987) a Spanish missionary and Jesuit brother, who is credited with making the first peaceful contact with the...
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