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MISSIONARY TO YOUTH
SERVANT of GOD GEORGE J. WILLMANN, S.J. was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1897. His parents were William Godfrey Willmann and Julia Corcoran Willmann. George had two brothers, Edward and William Jr....
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THE SERVANT OF LEPERS
BLESSED JAN BEYZYM was a Polish Jesuit known as "the Servant of Lepers”, having worked for many years in a leprosarium in Madagascar.He was born into the gentry, yet knew hardship in his youth. His...
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JESUIT CARDINAL
CARDINAL AVERY DULLES, SJ, (1918-2008) was the first U.S.theologian to be named to the College of Cardinals. Avery Dulles was also the first American Jesuit to receive that honor.Avery Dulles was the...
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JESUIT MARTYR IN THE CONGO
Having had a chaplain several years ago who was from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we are always interested in saints from that area, and this new martyr fits into our summer theme of...
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JESUIT MARTYRS IN INDIA
Recent tragedies have produced new Jesuit martyrs, and their stories suggest a new direction not only for martyrdom but for the Church in our world today. They died because they took risks in working...
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THE ETERNAL WOMAN
As I have said in past Blogs, every generation in a monastery is exposed to great writers who influence our journey towards the Lord. One, who is having a revival of sorts, is GERTRUD VON LE FORT. She...
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REMEMBER WHOSE YOU ARE
Bro. Mickey McGrathSome of the Franciscan sisters who were on Shaw Island with us for 28 years, were in the novitiate with this next saint to be, whom they all loved.SERVANT of GOD SISTER THEA BOWMAN...
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ANGEL of CHARITY
SERVANT of GOD JULIA GREELEY, Denver's Angel of Charity, was born into slavery, at Hannibal, Missouri, sometime between 1833 and 1848. While she was still a young child, a cruel slavemaster, in the...
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NEVER TOO POOR- MOTHER WRIGHT
We present our third African-American woman who made a difference for their people, as well as others in their area.An interesting woman who is being considered for sainthood, but not yet a Servant of...
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GAUCHO SAINT & CONTEMPLATIVE NUN- NEW SAINTS
Karl Rahner wrote in 1955:Herein lies the special task which the canonized Saints have to fulfill for the Church. They are the initiators and the creative models of the holiness which happens to be...
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FLORIDA MARTYRS
With hurricanes descending upon Florida, I am reminded to pray to these new saints. Also interesting to note, when a group is placed before us for sainthood, the leader of the band is not necessarily...
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A NATIVE SAINT
Robert LentzOur past few Blogs have dealt with people of color in the United States. The following traces his heritage back to the beginning of our country, and a man whom we all treasure.. BLACK ELK...
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NEW CUBAN SAINT (WHO LOVED THE IRISH)
VENERABLE FELIX VARELAwas born in Havana, Cuba, then still part of New Spain, and grew up in St. Augustine, Florida, the grandson of Lieutenant Bartolomé Morales, the commander of military forces in...
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ANGEL OF MERCY
A German priest known as the “ANGEL of DACHAU” was beatified as a martyr in Würzburg, Germany, on September 24. Like Alfred Delp, S.J. (Blog 6/3/16) he was imprisoned and murdered by the Nazis in WW...
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ETERNITY BEGINS NOW...
Painting of Father CasimirAmazing to see how many saints and future saints have been born in our lifetime.SERVANT of GOD FATHER CASIMIR (MICHAEL) CYPHERwas born in 1941, the 10th of 12 children from a...
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A LOVER OF THE SACRED HEART
As I have said in past Blogs, anyone who has a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has my attention. My Jesuit adviser in college started me in the Apostleship of Prayer devotion, which I continue...
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NEW BENEDICTINE SAINTS- MODERN MARTYRS
October 29, 2016 Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided at the Mass of beatification of fourBENEDICTINE MONKSwho were martyred in 1936.Fathers José...
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MARTYR FOR TRUTH
Having finished the difficult, but very well done movie Popieluszko, I felt I should do a blog on this courageous priest, who was greatly responsible for the downfall of Communism in Poland. After his...
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BENEDICTINES TO REBUILD!
All of the churches in St. Benedict’s birthplace of Norcia (Nursia), Italy, were destroyed by the October 30 earthquake that leveled the medieval Basilica of St. Benedict. Amazingly the statue of Our...
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MONKS OF NORCIA
In the last Blog, I presented a letter from the Subprior of the Benedictine Monastery damaged in the earthquake in Italy last week. Our Mother Prioress visited the Community a few years ago when in...
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