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A CALL TO HOLINESS
Communion of Saints- Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral- John NavaI know I have written of this call to holiness in the past, but I believe we cannot hear it too often in our lives. Popes (St.) John...
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BODY OF THE LORD
During Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Pope Francis said:Bro. Mickey McGrath, OSFS“Only the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, the food of life, can satisfy the hunger of hearts for love, a...
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PARAGUAY'S NEW SAINT
Paraguay soon celebrates the honor delivered to the Carmelite nun “Chiquitunga”, marking her the nation’s first woman to be beatified. The beatification ceremony will take place June 23 in the Cerro...
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THE HERBAL SAINT
Having grown and studied the uses of medicinal (as well as culinary) herbs for many years at our Mother Abbey, this new venerable is dear to my heart.VENERABLE SUZANNE AUBERT(Sister Mary Joseph or...
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HOLY DOCTORS
Two months ago our family doctor of 30 years retired. He was a rare specimen in our modern age of doctors who rely too much on technology and not enough on their instinct. His favorite saying was:...
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ANOTHER HOLY DOCTOR- A SAINT OF TODAY
The second physician named venerable is PEDRO HERRERO RUBIO, a Spanish layman and pediatrician who dedicated his life to the medical and spiritual needs of his young patients and their parents. He...
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DOCTOR FOUNDER
Another physician isVENERABLE ALESSANDRO NOTTEGAR a layman and father who founded the Regina Pacis community in Verona, Italy. Born in Verona in 1943, he was the last of ten children of a simple but...
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DOCTOR OF LITTLE ONES
SERVANT of GODJEROME LOUIS MARIE LEJEUNE, born in 1926, was a French pediatrician and geneticist, best known for discovering the link of diseases to chromosome abnormalities and for his subsequent...
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LIFE IS CHANGED BY THIS HOLY DOCTOR
Is there any end to holy doctors in our modern times? In all fields they are an example to other physicians that it is not impossible to be brilliant in their area of expertise and holy at the same...
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HOLY DOCTOR CLOSE TO OUR MONASTERY
While not (yet) on the path to sainthood, a local well known doctor certainly fits the profile of a saint. He is very dear to our hearts as he saved the life of one of our sisters, who is no longer...
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PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
Several weeks ago seven young priests came to our monastery for a much needed break. The Holy Father's prayer intention for the universal Church for the month of July is for "Priests and their...
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AMERICAN BROTHER VENERATED IN UGANDA
On May 19, Pope Francis issued a decree that recognized the heroic virtues of BROTHER NORBERT McAULIFFE, an American missionary in Africa,, granting him the title of “venerable”.The new Venerable was...
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COMPUTER PATRON FOR YOUTH
This week our youth group who come annually, are here with many projects, from building to bringing in over 1,000 bales of hay. So it is appropriate that news of a new venerable is given to youth...
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HOLY ENGINEER FOR CHRIST
We have been dealing with saintly physicians in the past Blogs, now here is another profession, which I am sure needs a patron.As a student, SERVANT of GOD MARIO HIRIART’s spirituality began to...
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SAINTLY POLITICIAN
These past BLOGs have been dedicated to holy lay people: doctors, an engineer and now a politician. A politician? How can anyone in politics be holy? With God nothing is impossible. Recently made...
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PATIENCE CONQUERS DARKNESSIi
. VENERABLE BENEDETTA BIANCHI PORRO born in 1936 was an Italian Roman Catholic. Born in the Romagna, she became ill with polio as a teenager. She pursued a medical career and was perceived to be a...
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MODERN MARIA GORETTI
BL. TERESA BRACCO was born in 1924 to modest farmers an Italian in Savona. Her family fostered her faith at a young age and she was known to pray the rosary as she went about her daily chores. Every...
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SISTER FOUNDRESSES
Recently made Venerable are two sisters who founded the Benedictine Sisters of Divine Providence. GIUSTINA SCHIAPPAROLI and MARIA SCHIAPPAROLI were born in Castel San Giovanni, Italy. Maria in 1815...
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USA PRINCE, PRIEST AND MISSIONARY
Another laborer in the early mission fields of the USA is SERVANT of GOD DEMETRIUS AUGUSTINE GALLITZINWith Father Peter Helbron- St. Peter's Church, who was born at The Hague in 1770. He was a scion...
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THE ROSARY PRIEST
I grew up with the phrase “The family that prays together stays together” The priest who coined that phrase, VENERABLE PATRICK PEYTON, is one step closer to sainthood. As they say there is a saint...
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