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PADRE OF ISLETA
Another missionary who had an impact on peoples in our own Southwest wasFATHER ANTON DOCHER a French Franciscanborn in 1852, who served as a missionary to Native Americans in New Mexico..Following...
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HOLY FIGHTER- MISSIONARY IN MADAGASCAR
Another living missionary, who is having a great impact on the peoples of Madagascar, is FATHER PEDRO PABLO, who was born in 1948 in Argentina of Slovene descent. For his service to the poor, he was...
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NOBEL PRIZE MISSIONARY
The last missionary we will consider to end the month dedicated to missionaries is BISHOP CARLOS FILIPE XIMENES BELO. He was born in 1948 in the village of Wailakama, near Vemasse, on the north coast...
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THE GREATEST WAR POET
Before we get into Advent I want to present a few more of the great War poets. One of the best of the poets produced by World War I is SIEGFRIED SASSOON, who was born in 1886 to a wealthy English...
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HOLY CHINESE CARDINAL
We recently had a visit from a lovely man and his parents who were visiting from Shanghai. He does research at the University of Washington and it turns out he has an uncle who was the cousin...
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A HOLY CARDINAL AND HIS POPE
Polish Primate CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZNSKI will be beatified on June 7, 2020 in a ceremony held at the Pilsudskiego Square in Warsaw.Cardinal Wyszynski had been the primate of Polandand one of Pope St....
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ANOTHER IRISH SOLDIER - POET
David RooneyPADRAIG HENRY PEARSE (also known as Pádraic or Patrick) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the...
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HE DIED FOR HIS BELIEFS- ANOTHER CATHOLIC POET
David Rooney - Portraits & LivesMany Irishmen confronted the dilemma of whether to take part in the struggle for independence from England, or join in the larger conflict taking place in Europe....
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GOD'S VAGABOND- POET OF WWII
An ex-public schoolboy who fought in WW2 and cared for lepers in Zimbabwe before he was executed by Mugabe is set to become the firstBritish martyr since the martyrs of the 16th century. (In 1970 Pope...
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NEW SAINT FOR THE USA
Yousuf KarshGreat news for those of us who grew up in the early days of TV. ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN will be beatified Dec. 21 at 10 a.m. local time at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate...
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THE JOY OF ADVENT
California "Super bloom"I remember the first time I saw the desert in bloom. I was about 4 years old and we were on the way through the Mojave desert to see my grandmother in Colorado. For those who...
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ADVENT ARTIST
During the weeks of Advent I thought it might be fun to check out some Catholic artists who were well known in their day and perhaps not so much today, but who knew the spirit of Advent - of...
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LEAP FOR JOY
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.Then the lame shall leap like a deer,And the tongue of the dumb sing. (Is. 35:5-6)Laughter and shouts of joy are...
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AN ANGEL FROM MEXICO
ANGEL ZARRAGA was born in 1886 the son of the physician Dr. Fernando Zárraga and his wife Guadalupe Argüelles in the Barrio de Analco of Durango, Mexico. While attending the Escuela Nacional...
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THAT SUNDAY CALLED JOY
They shall obtain joy and gladness,And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Is. 35:10)At last we come to that Sunday in Advent known as Gaudete (Joy). On this Sunday, pink as a symbol of our joy, is...
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VISITOR IN ADVENT
No this is not a photo from a calendar but shot last week on Shaw Island, in front of Blind Bay by our ex intern Marijke, just days before she went home to the Netherlands.This past weekend was the...
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A BENEDICTINE NUN IN ADVENT
DAME WERBURG WELCH was born Grace Eileen Welch on 17 May 1894 in Cheltenham. Her father was raised Protestant, but converted to Catholicism after reading Cardinal (St.) John Newman's works. Eileen...
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EVERLASTING JOY- 4TH SUNDAY IN ADVENT
One would almost think that this last Sunday in Advent should have the emphasis on joy- instead it is peace- but that is not our theme this year so we carry to the end this idea of joy- everlasting...
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CHRISTMAS 2019
Nikola Sarić, Serbian artist now living in Hannover, Germany.One of my favorite modern religious artists.CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS AND MANY GRACES
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AN ARTIST WITH SOUL
Ernst Barlach ERNST BARLACH was a German Expressionist sculptor, printmaker, and writer. Early in his career, he trained under French artists and produced Art Nouveau-styled sculpture and works on...
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