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NEW MARTYR FOR CHRIST
REST IN THE PEACE OF THE LORD, PERE JACQUES HAMELROUEN, FRANCE, JULY 26, 2016
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MESSENGER OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE 21st CENTURY
One of my new favorite people is a new auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Los Angelesordained in 2015.BISHOP ROBERT BARRONis the founder of Word on Fire Ministries. and the host of Catholicism, a...
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20 CENTURY HOLY WRITER
When we are young in formation some writers have a profound effect on our religious development. Recently I read the Archdiocese of Munich, Germany, will soon open a cause for the beatification of...
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SLOVAK SAINTLY BISHOP
Today I had an email from one of our friends in the Czech Republic (with photo) that he was just married in Pilsen, so thought it appropriate to do a Blog on this new Blessed of the Church. I visited...
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ANOTHER HOLY SLOVAK BISHOP
BLESSED PAVEL PETER GOJDIC was a Rusyn-Slovak Basilian monk and the bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov. He was martyred by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. He was beatified by Pope...
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JESUIT FRIEND OF THE SYRIANS
Continuing our theme of the Jesuits, I recently read that since the 1970s there have been over 30 Jesuit Martyrs from all over the world. The most recent isFATHER FRANS van der LUGT S.J., who began...
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ANOTHER SYRIAN JESUIT MARTYR
Why do I present these martyrs from far off places? To show the goodness and mercy of our fellow humans, who seek for peace for us all, and who die for the effort. As long as fanatics roam amidst us,...
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BENEDICTINE ARTIST FOR TODAY'S CHURCH
Several years ago, when doing some studies on Benedictine saints and birds, I came across a lovely painting of St. Meinrad though I could not find the artist's name. I have found him and here present...
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BLESSED FOR TURKEY
Raffi Yedalian- SculptorConsidering the state that Turkey is in today I think this Blessed is a fitting patron.BL. IGNATIUS MALOYAN the son of Melkon and Faridé, was born in 1869, in Mardin, Turkey....
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MARTYRS IN MISSISSIPPI, AUGUST 25, 2016
Roy de Maistre, 1957Living the beatitudes as given to us by Christ Himself, two selfless religious were brutally killed yesterday in the poorest state in our country. A senseless killing, has given us...
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BUFFALO SAINT
We have some new prospects for American saints, all from the east coast and all having a love for underprivileged children. The first is VENERABLE NELSON HENRY BAKER who was born in Buffalo, New York...
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THE MAKING OF A SAINT (FOR THE USA)
FATHER WILLIAM EDWARD ATKINSON was born in 1946 in Philadelphia, one of three sons and four daughters to Allen & Mary. He attended St. Alice’s Elementary School and MonsignorBonnerHigh School, and...
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ST. TERESA of CALCUTTA
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”Today we rejoice with the whole Church in the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta....
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"A HOLY PRIEST" (USA)
FATHER JOSEPH WALIJEWSKIwas a saint in the eyes of the poor he served as a La Crosse diocesan missionary priest in Bolivia and Peru, where he established several parishes and founded an orphanage.Now...
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USELESS KILLING IN HAITI- ANOTHER RELIGIOUS
This past week another useless killing of a religious, who like so many, goes into a poor country with the intent to help the poor and needy. From her photos she looks like a lovely, caring woman, but...
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NOT THE BED-STY I KNEW
I recently came across a new possible saint of the USA and one from an area dear to my own heart. When I was studying for my PhD, I ventured into Brooklyn every Sunday eve to study with a woman who at...
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ANOTHER AMERICAN SAINT WHO LOVED CHILDREN
VENERABLE ALOYSIUS SCHWARTZ, the third of eight children, was born in Washington, D.C. on September 18, 1930.. His father, Louis Schwartz, sold furniture door-to-door, and his mother, Cedelia Bourassa,...
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NEW ABBOT PRIMATE FOR BENEDICTINES
Father Abbot Gregory Polan, 66, Abbot of Conception Abbey in Missouri, has been elected the 10th ABBOT PRIMATE, succeeding Abbot Notker Wolf, who has served in the position of Abbot Primate since being...
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NEW SERVANTS OF GOD
Tapestry- Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral- John NavaIn the past three years the Church has proclaimed about 160 people as SERVANTS of GOD. Servant of God is the title used for a person who has been...
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IN DEFENSE of JUSTICE
In our theme of Jesuits, and also those being considered as saints in the Church is FATHER EUGENE JOHN HEBERT, an American born Jesuit missionary in Sri Lanka. He along with his Tamil driver Betram...
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