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RACHEL WEEPING TODAY
In the midst of the joys of Christmas, today we celebrate the slaughter of the HOLY INNOCENTS, those male infants killed by Herod. His morbid obsession that another king could take his place, threw...
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WHERE IS THE HOLY FAMILY?
People who know me, know that as a child psychologist, I am deeply concerned about the spiritual welfare of our children today. This latest survey is distressing, and I think shows why our youth today...
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VISIT OF THE MAGI
Gabriela Desvaldi- Italian 21 C.This morning after the homily Mother Prioress sang Announcement of Easter and the Movable Feasts.The proclamation of the date of Easter and the other movable feasts on...
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MANIFESTATION OF THE CHILD
The MagiAndre Pierre was born around 1916 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His first paintings were done inside the hollowed gourds (calabash) used for ceremonial offerings. He later began painting on board...
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NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS?
I know we have written about this before, and perhaps anyone who reads these Blogs is on board, and if so it is “preaching to the choir”. But more and more evidence shows the psychological harm...
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NEW SAINT FOR JESUITS
In November of 2019, Jesuits were able to add another saint to their roster. BLESSED VICTOR EMILIO MOSCOSO CARDENASwas born in 1846 in Cuenca, Ecuador,one of 14 children.He studied law in college but...
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PENNSYLVANIAN'S HOLY PEOPLE
The formal process to begin investigations concerning the possible canonization of the late DR. GERTRUDE BARBER as a saint in the Catholic Church is under way. Gertrude Barber, founder of the Barber...
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A HOLY FRIEND OF A SAINT
VENERABLE JERZY CIESIELSKI, a close friend of Pope St. John Paul II, was born in 1929 in Krakow. They were close for decades until the Venerable’s death in 1970.The two first met while he was a...
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FIRST SAINT OF MALTA
Recently friends visited Malta, which they thoroughly enjoyed. This led me to wonder if that small island had any saints. ST. GEORGE PRECA(1880-1962) is the first native saint of Malta and founder of...
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RIGHTEOUS FAMILY
Yesterday as we commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I decided to present a family who perished at the hands of The Nazis defending neighbors.SERVANTS of GOD JOZEF and WIKTORIA ULMA,...
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CONSECRATION- PRESENTATION
February 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is also the 24th World Day for Consecrated Life, a commemoration instituted by Pope St. John Paul II in 1997.In his message for the 1st World Day...
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KOREAN CHRISTIAN ARTIST
Since Asia (especially China) is so much in the news these weeks with the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, I thought I would focus in February on new saints in lesser known areas of this continent....
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THAILAND'S FIRST MARTYR
This week we have celebrated the feast of St. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs of Japan. Lesser known saints and martyrs are from Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar) and Laos.BL. NICHOLAS BUNKERD KITAMRUNG...
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THAILAND'S MARTYRS
THE SEVEN THAI MARTYRS of SONGKHON. In 1940 before the Japanese invasion of Thailandthere was a reaction against things Western and foreign. In this atmosphere there were pockets of persecution of...
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VALENTINE'S DAY
We associate this day with love but did you know St. Valentine is believed to aid those who call on his intercession to help ensure the sweetness of the season’s honey and provide special protection to...
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SAINT FOR MYANMAR
I am always thrilled to find new saints in far away places, especially when they are the first saint of the area. A zealous Italian missionary priest who worked for nearly 3 decades in what is today...
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MARTYR FOR BURMA
BL ALFREDO CREMONESI was an Italian priest and member from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He studied in Crema and Milan before setting off from Genoa to Naples and then to the Burmese...
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MARTYRS OF LAOS
It is fitting for us that we consider saints of Asiaat this time as we have 2 past interns in far away places teaching. One is in Lathoso (Africa) in a high mountain village- no cars, so one must...
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NEW SAINTS FOR 2020
Update on future saints we have dealt with in past Blogs.A miracle was recognized through the intercession of the Venerable CARLO ACUTIS (Blog 7/10/18) a teen who was born on May 3, 1991, in London...
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